Topic: International issues and education
Academic freedom is under threat around the world – here’s how to defend it
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. shutterstock/Piotr Wawrzyniuk Academic freedom is at the heart of successful universities. UNESCO defines it as the right “to […]
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Academic mentorship, International issues and education, Knowledge and skills development, Students, Tuition and student fees
The importance of supporting international students with financial literacy education
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has indicated that financial knowledge is a central life skill for participation in modern […]
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Universities need to rein in academic air travel and greenhouse gases
Researchers are keen to travel abroad but air transport makes a significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. (Shutterstock) A recent article […]
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Funding, International issues and education, Participation and enrolment, Performance assessment, Public policy
Government funding in Australia will be tied to university performance from 2020: what does this mean, and what are the challenges?
“Buildings at University of Sydney – 9”by Ameel Khan is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Education minister Dan Tehan met with university […]
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International issues and education, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission
Shifting priorities in the new university
The image of universities composed of mostly full-time tenured professors is long out-of-date. Half of all undergraduate students in Canada, as in […]
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Casual academics aren’t going anywhere, so what can universities do to ensure learning isn’t affected?
Casual academics provide flexibility for universities at a time when student numbers are uncertain. from shutterstock.com More Australian universities are relying on […]
READ MOREUniversities: increasingly stressful environments taking psychological toll – here’s what needs to change
shutterstock Every year, millions of international students travel to different countries to study at university. This, together with a lack of public […]
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Subsidized privilege: The real scandal of American universities
U.S. federal prosecutors have charged 50 people — 38 of them are parents — for allegedly being involved in fraud schemes to […]
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Four fundamental principles for upholding freedom of speech on campus
It goes without saying – or at least it ought to – that freedom of speech should be a core value of universities. As a scholar of freedom of speech and a university academic, it has been gratifying to see so many Vice Chancellors (and a former Chief Justice of the High Court) take it so seriously.
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We all put too much emphasis on test scores
We live in testing times. We also live in a time of globalization, immigration and the internationalization of schools and universities around the world. Our current obsession with school accountability and student learning outcomes has resulted in the increased use and abuse of test scores — in particular language test scores.
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