By Melonie Fullick. A few months ago on Twitter I got into a conversation that I’ve been meaning to come back to, based on a post by Pat Thomson, “don’t be a BAW—Badly-behaved Academic Writer.” This list of “don’ts” for academic publishing was compiled after a session with graduate students, and included such pointers as avoiding “tantrums” (after a paper rejection), falsifying data and self-plagiarism. More...
By . Universities UK has long been accused of not fighting strongly enough for the interests of universities. Beset by internal differences and having to please all factions, it has rather let the so-called university mission groups – not least the Russell Group – lobby loudly instead. Yet when it does put its head above the parapet, as it has with a forceful campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union ahead of an upcoming referendum on membership, it gets its head shot off. More...
By , and . Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has revealed Labor’s policy platform for higher education, saying the focus would be on retaining students in higher education and curbing the numbers dropping out. More...
By . The reorganisation of federal ministerial portfolios this week moved early childhood education and care (ECEC) from social services to education, with Simon Birmingham assuming ministerial responsibility. More...
By . The world is divided into three types of people. Those who can spell – and know it. Those who can’t spell – and are ashamed of it. Those who can’t spell – and pretend they don’t care. More...
Par Fanny Lauzier. L’université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne s’est engagée à accueillir les étudiants réfugiés qui sont en capacité de poursuivre leurs études en France. Cet élan de solidarité, financé par l’émir du Qatar, ne fait pas l’unanimité. Suite...
By Duleep Deosthale. The Annual EAIE Conference offers a fantastic occasion for learning more about the broad field of international higher education, but also for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. It is a place to start a dialogue with colleagues about the changes taking place in the field and how challenges can best be overcome. More...
By EAIE. It is day two of the EAIE Conference and, after yesterday’s plenary and many sessions, you probably felt like you had already heard your fair share of novel ideas. That is, of course, until this morning’s exhilarating Wake-up Plenary with e-learning entrepreneur and future-enthusiast Donald Clark. Some of the innovations that are exciting international educators now, like flipped classrooms and digital learning, were extensively explored in his TEDx talk a good three years ago. More...
By Katarzyna Kubacka. Every September, classrooms in the Northern hemisphere reopen to students and teachers for a new school year. What can students expect from their teachers this year? The new Teaching in Focus brief: Teaching beliefs and practice sheds light on some of the most common teaching practices and what teachers in Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) believe is the nature of teaching and learning. Read more...
Sur le blog Gaïa Universitas. Cet astronaute ne pourrait pas engager la nouvelle année de la Gaia Universitas sans facétie. C’est pour cela qu’en premier, le titre de ce billet est proposé dans une langue étrangère au français. Il parait d’autant plus judicieux de l’emprunter à la littérature allemande, comme l’on sait le sort qui va être fait à ce sujet élitiste par l’actuel gouvernement dont le souci de « démocratisation » atteint des sommets… d’autocensure et de fermeture. Voir l'article...
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