Co-working spaces are shared workspaces and have become a striking and very visible feature of metropolitan areas. They have proliferated and are growing fast around the globe in almost every continent, embraced not only by remote workers, start-up employees and ...
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To members of other generational groups, millennials and GenZ are often seen as inconsistent or flighty; too quick to move on when they don’t like a job and lacking the apparently in-built ‘loyalty’ of the generations that precede them. Deserved ...
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GENE JENNY La Trobe University geneticist Professor Jenny Graves has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the US, joining a community of world-leading scientists. Considered one of the highest honours a scientist can receive, Graves – ...
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BRUMBY LEADS THE CHARGE Former Victorian premier John Brumby has become the eighth chancellor of La Trobe University. “Taking up this role is something of a homecoming,” Brumby said. “My first job in education was as a secondary teacher in ...
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 »Almost half of uni students don’t think they’re getting value for money
New research has revealed that almost half of university students don't believe their degree is worth the money it costs, despite most believing that completing a degree will help secure their dream job. The biggest concern, according to the research ...
More »On the move: February
NO CODA FOR CODY Associate Professor Anna Cody is stepping up. The former director of the Kingsford Legal Centre, a community legal centre at UNSW, has been appointed dean of law at Western Sydney University. The Harvard graduate’s background and ...
More »What’s with universities and dogs?
Scroll through university social media for long enough and you will come across numerous dog posts. Whether it's a pooch 'getting ahead' on his readings for the upcoming semester at UQ, or UWA law school's resident sausage dog, Julius Caesar Juris Dogtor, ...
More »Why levity is the soul of teaching
How many of you still remember that teacher of your college days who had more to offer than just nondescript, soporific lectures – that teacher who held your attention throughout class with humour and levity? I’m sure many of you ...
More »Communicating more effectively with students? There’s an app for that
Students who feel engaged with their courses and institutions are more likely to succeed and less likely to drop out; key considerations for providers in Australia’s competitive vocational and higher education sector. So, how can providers leverage digital technology to ...
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