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Yet the money spent on student loans, Pell Grants and funding for research is not generally keeping pace with the demand for higher ed.
Introverts, don’t worry.
Some universities accept students into their teaching degree programs with an ATAR as low as 35. Do we need to raise the bar, or are other factors more important than a high ATAR for teachers?
Under the free trade agreement, Australian universities will be able to have majority ownership of an Indonesian university.
A more joined up approach is needed to make sure support for students is there when it’s required.
Universities need to work with staff, students and the community to ensure their health policies are effective.
Students across the world are using social media to research and choose their university.
While creating a bigger university is an important incentive for this proposed merger, good leadership and a shared vision are needed to make it a success.
Research shows that 80% of medical students come from just 20% of the UK’s secondary schools.
A new report found that every one dollar of public funding spent on Go8 university research generated A$9.76 across the Australian economy, a roughly 10 fold return on the government’s investment.
Does the International Baccalaureate make for a better rounded education for students?
While many military veterans do well on campus, not everyone feels welcome or their views matter. Here’s what universities can do better.
Although fewer Australian teens planned on going to university or TAFE than 15 years ago, figures were still higher than the OECD average.
South Africa needs to improve efforts to increase student numbers at technical colleges.
On the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in Charlottesville, we asked the presidents of Bowdoin, Elon and the University of Washington whether free speech should be treated differently on campus.
Activists have raised the issue of student sexual assault and harassment on campus for more than 30 years. It’s time students had a real say in how universities respond.
Recruiting specialist teachers takes more than just encouraging them to study science and maths at university. Governments and wider society needs to come on board too.
A longstanding view of minorities as outsiders contributes to negative encounters with campus police. A researcher argues how greater empathy can lessen the urge to call the police in the first place.
The University of Melbourne is the first institution in Australia to have its nitrogen footprint calculated – it’s 139 tonnes per year, mainly because of food production, energy use and transport.
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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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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Associate Professor, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
