Online cooking lessons to boost student health
Transition to university is associated with many things – burgers, beer and brownies among them. A program providing online cooking lessons to students at Deakin University has demonstrated the potential […]
Teaching how to teach using AI
Open AI’s update launch last week included the new Chat GPT4.o teaching how to solve a math problem, but not with questions and examples in writing as ancient AI did. […]
Appointments and Achievements (29 May)
The Australian Research Council announces the 2024 Laureate Fellows, * Derek Abbott (Uni Adelaide) * Andrew Baker (UNSW) * Gabrielle Belz (Uni Queensland) * Nathaniel Bindoff (Uni Tasmania) * Alan Collins (Uni Adelaide) * Yihong Du (Uni MNew England) * Christopher Gibson(Uni Wollongong) […]
International student caps: good politics, bad results
Universities already work with caps on student numbers, overall and in courses, Uni Newcastle VC Alex Zelinsky said last Friday. He was speaking at a campus event, with Education Minister […]
In research, maths does not count
Government backing research that will make it to market is not a new funding trend, according to the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI). AMSI reports that the maths-specific share of […]
Better teaching leads to greater employability
Higher quality teaching leads to higher levels of employability amongst university graduates, according to a new study. Examining the employment fortunes of more than 500 people in Uganda, researchers found […]
Record employment and incomes for grads
Australian graduates have received record high levels of employment and incomes, according to the QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey released yesterday. The median salary for people graduating with an undergraduate degree […]