US-China tensions offer ‘opportunities’ for Australian universities Geopolitical rivalry, security concerns and America’s ‘roaring 20s’ optimism generate R&D prospects down under, ambassador says John Ross 6月 3日
Australian political parties duel on research commercialisation Liberals go focus on undergraduates with collaboration push while Labor hawks reconstruction fund John Ross 6月 2日
‘Governance of scientific advice’ key?issue for next pandemic Those who understand how their advice is likely to be implemented are more able to make it constructive, professor says John Ross 6月 2日
Indonesia’s second foreign branch campus ‘months away’ Australian university presses ahead with campus in Sumatra, agtech centre in Sulawesi and MBA delivery in Jakarta John Ross 6月 1日
Australian regulator pursues essay mills through courts Peter Coaldrake also warns universities against ‘sleepwalking’ through Covid-induced risks to their business model John Ross 5月 30日
Million-dollar wait over for Australian researchers No explanation for delay that kept 15 academics on tenterhooks for months John Ross 5月 28日
Step up on mental health, universities told as new levy announced Aggrieved Victorian universities should see new mental health levy as an opportunity to harness resources, conference hears John Ross 5月 27日
Melbourne revises free speech rules over transgender concerns University broadens free speech exclusions on request of gender-diverse community John Ross 5月 25日
Policy rethink urged as non-traditional students ‘become majority’ As marginalised becomes mainstream, Australian inclusivity practitioners are urged to adopt a mainstream focus John Ross 5月 25日
It’s official: flipped classroom boosts student grades Meta-analysis of meta-analyses finds incontrovertible benefits, particularly in ‘authoritarian’ teaching cultures John Ross 5月 25日
Australian accounts ‘exaggerating Covid impact’ Institutions accused of ‘opportunism’ over job cuts John Ross 5月 24日
Pandemic-driven shift to online learning ‘had pros and cons’ For some students, but certainly not all, ‘this version of learning is way better than anything that existed before’ John Ross 5月 24日