The AFL’s Geelong Cats are coming off a loss at the MCG, but they hope to have an edge there next time. Deakin University has built an $8.4 million sports precinct that includes a Melbourne Cricket Ground-sized oval specifically built for the Cats' training. ...
More »Trouble from top to bottom: it can be a tough life for an academic
Administration is more centralised and teaching staff are more casualised; the modern university can be a tough place for an academic. Just what has happened to our universities? They are no longer what they once were and there is little ...
More »Finkel joins Australian Academy of Science
Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel has jokingly cited his having “being born with the science gene” as a key factor behind his election as a fellow by the Australian Academy of Science. AAS’s election citation – released with a list ...
More »Best laid plans cost less: Five tips to improve refurbishments
Here are some ways to ensure your refurbishment project runs on time and to budget. A campus refurbishment can be one of the most disruptive activities for tertiary facilities, next to out-of-control O-week escapades. Continual construction works that disrupt learning and ...
More »On the Move – May 2016 (Monash, CDU, UniSA, Melbourne, ASQA)
Tyrell joins Tafe Directors Former Australian Government international education counsellor to Beijing and Thailand Jen Tyrell has been appointed director of international education for TAFE Directors Australia (TDA). In a statement announcing the appointment, TDA chief executive Martin Riordan praised Tyrell’s ...
More »Dropbox launches spin-off for education sector
Dropbox has expanded its business-to-business branch, launching Dropbox Education. Charlie Wood, country manager of Dropbox Australia and New Zealand, said, overall, this product is similar to Dropbox Business, there are tweaks to attract education staff to the product. “Dropbox Education ...
More »Teach creativity, don’t measure it: educator
You can’t measure creativity, nor the soft skills needed to thrive in jobs and tertiary education, so education should end its obsession with measurement and ranking, a senior educator has argued. Meredith Melville-Jones, director of Sydney’s Bradfield Senior College, said ...
More »UC residential development part of integrated vision
A total of 3300 residences, with an estimated value of $1.7 billion, are set to be built by the University of Canberra on campus property within the next two decades. It's part of an ambitious project aimed at re-imagining how a ...
More »VICE, UTS partner to train media students
While print revenues shrivel as traditional media struggle to understand this thing called the internet, online magazine VICE has embraced it, and is omnipresent throughout millennials’ Facebook feeds. Now the largely 20-something class of 2016 communications cohort at the University ...
More »Science broadcaster appointed UNSW PVC research
One of the women spearheading the push for gender equity in science will soon direct the University of New South Wales’ research strategy. Professor Emma Johnston – marine ecologist, science broadcaster and prominent advocate for gender equity – will add ...
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