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Major examinations have been a part of education for centuries. New research looks at arguments for and against end-of-semester exams in universities.
The Australian government is aiming to rein in the post-COVID boom in international students in its new migration policy.
Learning about Generative AI should include supporting collaborative interdisciplinary research and writing ethical prompts to help discover what it can do.
Especially since the Second World War, an increasingly diverse university student body and advocacy for student rights have affected how universities understand a duty of care for students.
Professor Sir Eric Thomas was a former VC of the University of Bristol and a patron and key supporter of The Conversation UK.
Politicians talk about how they want to see more Indigenous graduates but we don’t often hear from Indigenous students about their experiences. New research talks to four young Indigenous men.
The silence of some Canadian universities in addressing antisemitism, in particular when considered alongside active approaches toward equity and racial justice, needs to be addressed.
Australian university applicants are sticking to their preferred fields of study, despite dramatic changes to student fees in 2021.
To inform university responses to online harassment affecting graduate students, artist-researchers created original artworks in response to interviews with their peers who experienced online hate.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected college towns profoundly and highlighted the complex relationship between universities and their host communities.
The government at national and state levels as well as private proprietors should appoint women as universities’ vice-chancellors.
Growing awareness of sexual harassment and discrimination in the field prompted an international survey and research into potential solutions.
New analysis finds if Australian universities were treated like Australian schools, they would gain 11% in funding per year.
University enrolments, research output and revenue tripled or more in the three decades to 2019. This growth brought benefits as well as problems.
A major higher education review is suggesting Australia puts a levy on international student fees.
A new study tracks the number of history academics and history students in Australia. The results are alarming.
A new community risk assessment tool allows post-secondary institutions to make evidence-based decisions about their policies and procedures.
According to cognitive psychology there are three distinct types of memory. Each plays a different role in effective study.
The Conversation talks to University of Melbourne researcher Gwilym Croucher about what the Times Higher Education rankings mean.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Professor of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
