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University grads have the skills to succeed. Now where are the jobs?
Getting the right skills for the job market is a hot topic these days. What skills are employers looking for? Are students […]
READ MOREThe persistent myth of the “skills gap”
You’ve likely heard or seen a story somewhere in the media that employers face a skills shortage, or “skills gap”. The message […]
READ MORECongress 2016 Day #3 – Learning outcomes and the Weingarten Hypothesis
Two very interesting sessions today, but for two very different reasons. The first featured research by Mary Catharine Lennon on learning outcomes. […]
READ MORECongress 2016 Day 2: Governance controversies and reconciliation in the university
It was another interesting day here at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Calgary. Two sessions […]
READ MORECongress 2016 Day #1: Climate crisis, student unions, and even more controversy
The team at Academic Matters is always thrilled to attend the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, this year in Calgary, […]
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Congress 2015: Challenges, opportunities for public sector unions facing austerity
Austerity and precarity figured largely on the agenda at the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies conference this week at the Congress […]
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Book Launch: A Penny for Your Thoughts
A new book on the impact of corporatization on Canada’s universities was launched on June 4 in Ottawa by the Canadian Centre […]
READ MORECongress 2015: The Canadian higher education data problem
Every year at the Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education (CSSHE) meeting, you can count on someone – or a lot […]
READ MORECongress 2015: Dilemmas for PhD graduates and doctoral education
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences frequently offers an opportunity for reflection on the current state of an academic discipline […]
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