The Conversation
Zero-hour contracts take a huge mental and physical toll – poor eating habits, lack of sleep and relationship problems
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts continues to rise in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that between […]
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Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: An epidemic on both sides of the Medicine Line
Commissioner Michèle Audette speaks during ceremonies marking the release of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report in Gatineau, Que., […]
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Precarious employment in education impacts workers, families and students
Beneath the typical full-time, permanent model of classroom teaching lies an enormous workforce of educators who function on the margins as precarious […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Performance assessment, Public engagement, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission
What Doug Ford could learn from Wisconsin about higher education
The entrance to the agriculture building at the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus. Shutterstock Buried within Ontario’s 2019 budget is a drastic […]
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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 […]
READ MOREUnrealistic striving for academic excellence has a cost
Skills of well-being have been forgotten partly due to a combination of educational reforms and societal pressures. Unsplash/Oscar Chevillard, CC BY-SA In […]
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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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Citizen science can help solve our data crisis
Citizen science can help address data deficits. Shutterstock A recent news article in the Globe and Mail highlighted Canada’s data crisis and […]
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Journals and publishing, Online education, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation
University of California’s break with the biggest academic publisher could shake up scholarly publishing for good
Libraries subscribe digitally to academic journals – and are left with nothing in the stacks when the contract expires. Eric Chan/Flickr, CC […]
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