Australia has a mixed report card when it comes to its achievements in international education Brazil recently played host to a meeting of international education associations from around the globe to debate challenges currently impacting on the international education sector. In ...
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A year ago, a National Union of Students/Headspace survey of 2,600 university students revealed some troubling insights. A majority (66 per cent) reported high psychological distress over the past year, while 70 per cent rated their mental health 'poor' or 'fair'. Now, the sources of their ...
More »‘Toxic’ supervisors and isolation sapping students’ mental health
A study of 3,659 PhD students in Flanders, Belgium found that over a third - well above the proportion in comparison groups - were at a high risk of having or developing a psychiatric disorder, especially depression. Competing work/life demands, job demands and ...
More »Hundreds of uni staff share how they stress less
“Former senior lecturer in my area was promoted to HoS and I have moved into the courses formerly taught by her and have been able to drop many other ‘bits and pieces’ of teaching i.e., rationalisation of courses taught” - ...
More »How universities stifle learning
In 2016, after three decades of teaching, Brian Martin hung up his tutor boots. But he wasn't nearly done with thinking – or research. Having had time to reflect on his experience, the erstwhile Professor of Social Sciences at the University of ...
More »Student housing: the bad, the worse, and the roach-infested
While the silly season burst forth in late November last year, the National Union of Students (NUS) quietly released some sobering findings. Roughly half of students are struggling to pay rent, and over a third are living in poor conditions. ...
More »Eastern promise: The rise of alt, pan-Asian study
Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing, while famed and well-funded, aren't the only destinations for Asian international students. Sociologist Yasmin Ortiga of the National University of Singapore has highlighted that Vietnam, the Philippines and provincial Chinese cities are increasingly enticing university options for the ...
More »Is the PM right about too many law grads, suggesting students do arts?
Malcolm Turnbull shared his strong thoughts on law degrees with Canberra radio station 2CC late last week. What's news to no-one is that he – like many others – thinks too many people are studying law. The scoop? That they'd be "better ...
More »Free university education: Kiwi feat or a red herring?
When Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's Prime Minister in October last year, many were surprised because of her youth, inexperience and femininity. Staunchly Labour, she moved quickly to enact her 'progressive, anti-capitalist' agenda. Among her reforms was making all forms of higher education ...
More »Over 40 per cent of grads say they’re wasting skills
I graduated from Melbourne, participated and won a few presentation competitions at uni and did an internship at a tech startup (the role was about somewhat research, marketing). I'm literally looking for anything right now but haven't got anything for ...
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