University of Technology Sydney Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt joined HEDx to share his vision for the research and innovation ecosystem. Parfitt also discussed the unanswered questions about lifelong learning as a Universities Accord and ARC Review process get underway. CampusReview ...
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Over 400 research projects from 32 major Australian universities have been greenlit for more than $221 million dollars as part of next year's round of the ARC Discovery Projects scheme. The 2023 ARC Discovery grants were distributed in all states ...
More »Teal named Australia’s 2022 word of the year
ANU experts have chosen ‘teal’ as the 2022 Word of the Year, following independent candidates scooping away eight Liberal seats across NSW and ACT during the federal election. Usually associated with dark greenish-blue colour or a breed of duck. In ...
More »Face-to-face exams can reduce cheating: podcast
An academic urges universities to return to ‘traditional’ face-to-face exams to lessen students' cheating. Universities across Australia have seen student cheating explode since the Covid-19 pandemic, with UNSW detecting more than double the amount of cheating since 2019. According to ...
More »Tertiary education digitally led transformations to make big gains on lost ground from the pandemic
A new survey of leaders in the tertiary education sector, now in its second year, reveals that institutions are seeing digital transformation as the most effective means to attract students and staff following the impacts of COVID. Peter Nikoletatos Industry ...
More »‘Look to the future not the past’: Universities Accord underway
Labor's newly-announced Universities Accord will tackle equity, accessibility and casualisation in the nation's first major review of higher education policy since 2008. On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare announced the details of the Australian Universities Accord, saying it will be ...
More »Victoria University star of the 2022 World Cup
New research by Victoria University to ensure offside decisions are accurate and time-sensitive has proven effective as the first 2022 World Cup game kicks off. After three years of research, the 2022 Qatar World Cup features new video technology that assists referees to rule on offsides. The ...
More »‘Stop the restructures’: Fed uni set to strike
Staff at Federation University will be on the picket lines tomorrow over fair pay, job security and better working conditions after the union said management had been “purposely delaying” negotiations. On Thursday, hundreds of staff and students from the Federation ...
More »UTAS staff has ‘little confidence’ in leadership
University of Tasmania staff have expressed a lack of confidence in the institution’s leadership and future, in a major internal survey obtained by The Australian. Results of the survey, conducted for UTAS management by an external body across faculties in ...
More »University of Sydney’s Safer Communities program
Student wellbeing is crucial to academic success, with students more likely to abandon their studies following distressing incidents. Here’s how the University of Sydney is creating a system for reporting trauma that is founded on human-centred design, and supports both ...
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