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Technology has disrupted the way universities offer courses, the types of skills we will need, and the duration for which we will need them. Here are three things universities must do to survive.
The higher education sector may be the the third largest employer of casual staff in Australia. More cuts to universities mean the use of casual academics could increase further.
Conflict in the classroom may not look or sound like an argument. It might look like disengagement if students don’t feel seen and heard.
The push for decolonisation could ironically end up trapping universities in a colonised curriculum.
Kenya has moved to phase out part-time lecturers in a bid to improve the quality of university education.
What students want is becoming more important than what univerisites want to teach them.
Plans to reward universities for excellent teaching could see a bigger role for metrics that track how students spend their time.
It could all get rather violent.
Quality assurance programmes tend to ignore context - which means important elements of teaching and learning are overlooked and universities miss out on a real chance to improve their practices.
It’s no longer acceptable to upload video lectures to a website and call it a course. We need to start redesigning courses from scratch to find new ways to engage students.
A crisis of sustainability is building up as universities continue to drift towards a more privatised system. It’s time we started looking at alternative options.
Teaching often comes second to research in universities. A group of award winning lecturers explains why teaching is the best part of their work.
Being up front about what public investment goes towards in higher education is an important step for providing greater clarity for students.
The government has unveiled proposals for a new system to reward universities for excellent teaching.
If we want the Sustainable Development Goals to be more than just big dreams, Africa will need well trained engineers who can put their skills to good use in their own communities.
Universities are keenly awaiting more detail on the government’s planned Teaching Excellence Framework.
The recent UK budget announced plans to allow universities that exemplify good teaching to increase their caps on fees, meaning they will be financially rewarded for good teaching practice. But how do you measure this?
As universities swallow a £150m cut to their teaching budgets, are they in a stable financial position?
Large classes don’t have a good reputation when it comes to fostering student learning. But there are a few ways for teachers to adapt to bigger classes.
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bolton
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Laureate Professor of Education, Director Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
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