Should a woman wish to study an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney, she would see her ATAR score suddenly jump 10 points. The same adjustment would be made to the ...
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The applause for University of Technology Sydney might not yet have faded but it can once again pat itself on the back after another set of rankings gave it the top Australian spot on a list of young universities, albeit under ...
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The wheels are still moving on an Australian pilot of a classification system that recognises university success beyond academic rankings. Charles Sturt University and University of Technology Sydney last year announced they will lead a pilot of the Carnegie Community ...
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Universities at the beginning of the 21st century face an existential challenge. Do they fully embrace the competitive path spurred on by global rankings and driven by international student income? A path that shifts the costs and benefits of higher ...
More »China-Australia university podcast to run for a second season
University of Technology Sydney professors Peter Fray and Wanning Sun have committed to a second season of a ground-breaking radio program and podcast about Australian-Chinese Relations. The brainchild of Fray, The Middle aims to shed more light than heat on the ...
More »Eight Australian universities to trial rankings alternative
The tiny, landlocked eastern Himalayan nation of Bhutan measures its success not by wealth – but by happiness. This is no mere slogan; it evaluates it annually using a Gross National Happiness (GNH) scale, per the terms of its 2008 ...
More »Who decides who dies in driverless car accidents?
At least 11 auto manufacturers, including Toyota, Audi and Tesla, are putting driverless car plans in motion. With soon-to-be robot drivers comes the need to program ethics in them. Think, a situation like the trolley dilemma, where a driver must choose ...
More »Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia seminar: Part 1
There was controversy before Campus Review's latest conference, 'Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia', began. "The title of this conference is offensive to international students and to the staff who teach and look after them," ...
More »The fight for free speech: a tale of two controversialists
The apparent battle for free speech being played out across our university campuses is difficult to navigate, with many competing viewpoints and intangible ideas at play. The so-called ‘chilling effect’ and other actions allegedly perpetrated by universities to stifle open ...
More »StartupAUS CEO: Unis under ‘too much pressure’
Attention coders, salespeople and user experience (UX) designers: startups want you. These were the three most in-demand industry skills, as revealed by a StartupAUS report launched on Thursday. In its report, Australia's peak national advocacy group for startups, in collaboration with Microsoft, UTS and Google, also ...
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