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9 hours labour every day? You’d get less for manslaughter

Name: HE Fest 2025
Start: 2025-09-17T09:30:00+10:00
End: 2025-09-19T16:30:00+10:00
Location: Deakin Downtown

Recent research suggests that academic staff are working almost 9 hours per day every single day of the year on average, contributing to significant mental health issues.

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HE Fest 2025

HE FEST returns, bigger and bolder than ever – celebrating ideas and best practice in Higher Education marketing, recruitment, advancement and strategy.

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Achievements

Appointments and Achievements

Stephen Matchett

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Rankings

Awards must be the hook, not the headline (or the whole purpose)

Tim Winkler

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Regulation

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Stephen Matchett

TEQSA has provided insights into appropriate ethics.

AI forces assessment of process

Stephen Matchett

AI means assessment needs to focus on process, not just outputs

Medical Research

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Insights

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While 65% of Australian businesses have discussed their training needs with universities, ...

Higher Education

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Tim Winkler

Australian universities should be encouraged to enrol domestic students without excessive constraint, ...

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