By . Six Australian universities made the top 100 best global research institutions in the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released today – two more than the previous year. More...
27 août 2016
27 août 2016
Universities Australia to survey prevalence of sexual abuse on campuses
By . Universities Australia (UA), the peak body representing Australia’s 39 universities, will on Tuesday launch a survey designed to shed light on student experiences of sexual assault and sexual harassment on campus. More...
27 août 2016
Telegraph story on research funding does nothing to advance Australian journalism
By . The Daily Telegraph breached its own code of conduct in its coverage of the Australian Research Council (ARC) this week. More...
27 août 2016
Three ways to reform research that won’t break the budget
By . Now that we finally have a government in Australia, we need to focus on how we can both prosper as a nation in the new technology-driven global economy and become a fairer and more equitable society. More...
27 août 2016
Seven ways Australia can boost its connection with Indian universities
By and . India has a high and growing demand for tertiary education that can’t currently be met by Indian institutions alone. More...
27 août 2016
Melania Trump’s speech follows a long history of plagiarism in public life
By . Melania Trump’s apparent plagiarism of the speech given by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic Convention reminds us of the importance we continue to ascribe to originality and to authenticity in public life. More...
27 août 2016
What Australia can learn from England’s plan for vocational education
By . The UK has set out a plan to reform English vocational education. It’s post-16 skills plan will establish two educational tracks for students over 16 years old by building a technical education route to go alongside the well-established academic track. More...
27 août 2016
Dhaka café attack: don’t blame private education for radicalisation in Bangladesh
By . Many experts and development organisations advocate greater provision of fee-charging for-profit schools in developing countries. More...
27 août 2016
Teaching phonics skills alongside reading raises literacy achievement among Indigenous children
By and . “Despite a long history of policy attention, no consistent improvement has been made in the literacy and numeracy achievement of Indigenous Australian primary school students.”
This is the latest finding from the 2016 Productivity Commission report on Indigenous primary school achievement. More...
27 août 2016
Academics do want to engage with business, but need more support
By and . Universities today are under more pressure than ever to collaborate with industry.
In the words of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:
Increasing collaboration between businesses, universities and the research sector is absolutely critical for our businesses to remain competitive.
Australia has a poor report card when it comes to university-business collaboration. It ranks last among the OECD countries when comparing the proportion of businesses working with universities. More...
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