New research shows teenagers still enjoy the age-old practice of sitting down and reading a hard-copy book. The preliminary findings of a study from Deakin University and Murdoch University researchers found that three-quarters of 12- to 16-year-olds prefer to read paper ...
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Senior university figures, along with federal education minister Simon Birmingham have been gathering in Melbourne this week to discuss how philanthropy can be increased and utilised as a financing option by higher education providers. As it stands, the Commonwealth – ...
More »UTAS receives $2 million for arts hub
The University of Tasmania has received a $2 million boost to an upcoming performing arts centre, with the potential for an extra $3 million to be thrown in the mix. The philanthropic Potter Foundation has pledged the funding for the $90 ...
More »Profile: Revelatory Bible college dean Jon Newton on preaching Knight and day
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Jon Newton is a Melbourne pastor and an academic at Harvest Bible College, a preparatory school for ...
More »A closer look at 3 foreign recipes for innovation
Listing countries that rank higher than Australia on the Global Innovation Index – it’s a favourite of those pushing the innovation bandwagon. On this list, Australia is placed 19, though there is constant political rhetoric stating that it could, and ...
More »Opinion: Unis are doling out degrees but not access to good jobs
While our universities speak of liberalism and the spirit of enquiry, they are using the uncapped, demand-driven enrolment system to churn students through their packed faculties, leaving thousands to graduate onto the dole with high HECS debts. Law graduates are ...
More »Profile: UWA’s Joanna Nicholas has a passion for the pole
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Joanna Nicholas is a pole dancing aficionado embarking on a research project at the University of Western Australia ...
More »Profile: Oxford-bound snowboarding wings enthusiast Brett Parkinson on his passion for sustainable energy production
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Brett Parkinson has received a 2017 General John Monash Foundation Scholarship. According to the foundation, these grants: ...recognise ...
More »Profile: Game, set and match for medical physicist and Switzerland-bound Monash scholar Mark Brooke
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Mark Brooke has received a 2017 General John Monash Foundation Scholarship. The foundation states that these grants: ... recognise excellence ...
More »Profile: John Monash scholar Timothy Delport is taking his passion for renewables and triathlon skills up to Oxford
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Timothy Delport has received a 2017 General John Monash Foundation Scholarship. According to the foundation, these grants: ...
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