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Shortlisted: Indigenous Staff campaign leads change

Monash University has been able to achieve retention of 91% of Indigenous staff hired through the University’s Indigenous Graduate Program, with the program shortlisted for the Future Campus 2024 University Recruitment Campaign of the Year. Indigenous Graduate Program Coordinator Mr Will Sullivan said the program was developed with internal and

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One Week til HE FEST – awards

A selection of shortlisted and winning entries for the 2024 Future Campus awards will be featured over the next two weeks, with the Future Campus Awards for 2024 to be announced at the HE FEST Conference dinner at Sora in Adelaide on 12 September 2024. The Future Campus team would

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Research paywalls reach use-by?

Chief Scientist Cathy Foley wants all Australians to be able to read research articles for free. She proposes a “single national negotiating body” to arrange it. And if that sounds too hard, Dr Foley has a precedent that everybody knows works, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Dr Foley has worked on

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Caps affect status quo – What about agility?

Higher Education marketing is all too frequently reduced to a vulgar exchange of hyperbole for money, but offers a range of pathways forward for institutions hobbled by international enrolment caps. It is surprising how thin the conventional higher education management playbook often appears to be. To staff the ebbs and

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Hybrid learning – friend or foe?

As the dust settles from COVID, some universities have returned to face-to-face teaching, whilst others remained devoted to online learning. A grey area in the middle is some courses offering hybrid learning – where students can choose to join online. We’ve all been there; you intend to join a meeting

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Ability and grit deliver ATAR achievement

Among private schools endlessly upping their fees with the promise of  ATAR excellence, the estimable National Centre for Vocational Education Research reports that on the path to university entry character and commitment really matter. But for students without supportive homes, schools have to step-up. Ronnie Semo and NCVER colleagues used

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The Week That Was (30 August)

Uni Adelaide announces an achievement in telecoms research in a media statement yesterday. “The team has developed the first ultra-wideband integrated terahertz polarisation (de)multiplexer implemented on a substrateless silicon base which they have successfully tested in the sub-terahertz J-band (220-330 GHz) for 6G communications and beyond.” As Buzz Lightyear nearly

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The smell of tall poppies burning

Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! I have never really understood those lines, and I don’t understand

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Quotas reaction: from getting-along to götterdämmerung

Having harrumphed at the announcement of the Government’s National Planning Level for international students at universities, HE and voced provider lobbies mostly set about seeking concessions on the quota policy. Yesterday, Opposition education shadow Sarah Henderson emphasised bipartisan support for slashing international student numbers, saying that while cap concerns were

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What home schooling taught academics about teaching online

Katherine Atree and colleagues had to teach their kids during COVID lockdown and they report lessons learned that apply to higher education. The four authors were experienced online teachers when the pandemic hit, meaning they had to support their children’ learning, as well as their students, from home. They used

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First forum to dissect Australia’s not-so-clever future

In a triumph of circumstance over planning, the only conference for Australia’s higher education thought leaders, marketers and strategists will take on new significance, examining the sector’s future narrative in the wake of yesterday’s caps decision. HE FEST has attracted leading professional staff as well as academic leaders from both

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International enrolments: out with the sledgehammer in with quotas

Australia will admit 270,000 new international higher education students next year, with universities allocated 145,000 places under a new “National Planning Level.” The Government’s overall target is commencements back at pre-pandemic levels.  With one big difference; which is what this is all about. As Education Minister Jason Clare told media

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Where has all the fun gone?

In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, where the pressures of performance, innovation, and collaboration are omnipresent, an often-overlooked element can make a great difference: fun. The concept of fun in professional settings might be met with scepticism, especially in academic environments where the stakes are high and the work

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Barney Glover shouts out for VET

The Chair of Jobs and Skills Australia wants to “rebalance” tertiary education “because skills are the lingua franca of prospective employers not qualifications, not credentials.” Professor Glover, a former VC of Western Sydney U, expanded on the Universities Accord case for a “more connected” post school system in a National

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What is your degree worth?

A number of years ago, I thought about doing a PhD and even chatted to a couple of potential supervisors. There were two issues that stopped me. Firstly, I wanted to do it on HE marketing and the literature at the time seemed way behind knowledge and practice in the

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The Week That Was (23 August)

“Shock and Ore” the Australian Academy of Science promotes lecture by Stephen Cox (ANU) on connections between earthquakes and ore deposits. Young people ask a passing oldster who remembers Gulf War Two. GW2? Well in 2001, oh, never mind. *** Education Minister Jason Clare is not waiting on Parliamentary approval

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