Australian graduates risk emerging into workforce without fundamental skills unless approaches to teaching and assessment are rapidly revised. is undergoing a paradigm shift. As automation and AI increasingly infiltrate various industries, the skillsets employers seek are changing dramatically. This presents a critical challenge for Australian universities: how to equip graduates
Australian researchers produced a great deal of original software as part of Australian Research Council funded grants, but it is hard to find – let alone know to use it for other projects. Eva Maxfield Brown and Nic Weber used machine learning tools to estimate that 47% of ARC funded projects 2010-2019 created software infrastructure, tools or
Lisa Paul is installed as Chancellor of the University of Canberra, succeeding Tom Calma. Jason Bainbridge becomes dean of humanities and communication at Uni Southern Queensland. He joins from Uni Canberra. Kelly Humphrey is appointed Australian Catholic U’s inaugural PVC Indigenous. She moves from the NSW Department of Education. Mei
The Group of Eight has less to complain about the suggested Higher Education Future Fund (although they will work with whatever they have got). According to S&P Global Ratings while there may be a downside for the Go8 “it will be slight.” (More, “no stress HEFF” in Features). *** While
Glyn Davis knows a bit about philanthropy. After running Uni Melbourne, he ran the Paul Ramsay Foundation ($800m distributed so far). He also knows a bunch about public policy, useful in his present job, secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Both roles are a base for his considered Kenneth Myer
Undergraduates abandoning study is a long-standing problem for universities, especially when spun by politicians and press claiming HE institutions have let students down. Problem is factors that drive dropping-out are often anecdotally assumed. So Tomasz Zając (Uni Queensland) and colleagues dove into a huge data source to identify the role
Who is selling and buying what in publishing research is complex. So complex, Kathy Bowrey (UNSW) and colleagues explain, that often authors and universities feel they have neither time or power to negotiate terms with publishers and sign over ownership. Which rather reduces the impact of open access, “by making
Taylor Swift’s current tour showcases different work from different portions of her life history, so that we might better understand and appreciate the whole. This approach is as good as any to understand why it is so important that Australian universities redefine the way they work with Indigenous people to
It seems churlish to criticize the Universities Accord report, when so much in it is game-changing. Yet in setting a blueprint for the long-term reform of Australia’s higher education system, there’s a danger that education and research that are not already well established will languish. My particular concern is the
Universities Accord Burning Question #1 I love equity. It is very important to me personally and something that most people in the HE sector hold dear. The Australian Universities Accord is a sprawling, ambitious road map to a better future for post-school education and more importantly post-school graduates. However, it
A Practical AI Framework for Universities is being released today by the Ai Collab. The Framework outlines key challenges in implementing a consistent, comprehensive approach to AI across Australian institutions – addressing the rise of AI not just in learning and teaching and assessment, but also in student support, administration
You could read 400+ pages of the Accord report. Or get up to speed on the key issues in one entertaining and informative hour. Future Campus is hosting a special online webinar at 11am AEDT tomorrow, Friday 1 March, to explore sector’s response to the Accord in detail. The one
The Accord report is a brilliant blueprint for a post-school education and training system which could transform the Australian economy over decades. (Future Campus cites the big ideas HERE). But Jason Clare has a more immediate use for it. The Education Minister obviously understands that good policy is good politics
Accord architect Professor Mary O’Kane told the Universities Australia conference this week that after an exhaustive review process she was ‘energised about the thought (the Accord) might be implemented.” When asked about the cost, Professor O’Kane said the question was not about whether the nation could afford reform, but rather,
In breaking news, Curtin U announces what was the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education is now the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success. *** Jason Clare has delivered for university managements, with State Ministers agreeing to a Student Ombudsman with power to investigate complaints and resolves
Winners of the 2023 Australian Awards for University Teaching include; * teacher of the year: Zala Volic (Monash U) * career achievement: Denise Chalmers (Edith Cowan U) and * indigenous education: Kerry Bodie (Griffith U). * teaching excellence-society and culture: Ann Black (Uni Queensland) * teaching excellence- science: Sarah Creswell
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