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Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source

Rachel Cunneen, University of Canberra and Mathieu O'Neil, University of Canberra

Shutterstock At the start of each university year, we ask first-year students a question: how many have been told by their secondary […]

Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

Banning large university parties won’t work — students need to be empowered to propose change

Wendy Craig, Queen's University, Ontario and Klodiana Kolomitro, Queen's University, Ontario

When people are in a group they are more likely to engage in aggressive and risky behaviours they may not normally do […]

Equity and social justice, Research and innovation

Working from home made women academics feel worse than ever about juggling roles

Cyrill Walters, Stellenbosch University and Armand Bam, Stellenbosch University

For working women with children, the pressure of several competing roles created their sense of guilt. GettyImages Academic guilt is well-established in […]

Equity and social justice, International issues, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

Hit hard by the pandemic, Australian researchers expect its impacts to linger for years

Sora Park, University of Canberra; Jennie Scarvell, University of Canberra, and Linda Botterill, University of Canberra

Shutterstock The impacts of COVID-19 on Australian university researchers are likely to have consequences for research productivity and quality for many years […]

Equity and social justice, Ethics, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning

Read the student survey responses shared by academics and you’ll see why Professor Hambling is justified in burning hers

Pema Düddul, University of Southern Queensland

Eliza Morse/Netflix If you’ve watched the Netflix sitcom The Chair you’ll remember the scene in which Professor Joan Hambling burns her student […]

Online education, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning

The art of good teaching

John Oughton

After I retired from a decade of leading faculty orientations and workshops at Toronto’s Centennial College, I wondered what to do with […]

Equity and social justice, Online education, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Want to decolonize education? Where classes are held matters

Shauna MacKinnon, University of Winnipeg and Kathy Mallett

The grand opening of the redeveloped Merchants Corner in Winnipeg’s North End in April 2018. (University of Winnipeg/Flickr), CC BY-NC-ND Murray Sinclair, […]

Public engagement, Public policy, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Reckoning with the truths of unmarked graves of Indigenous children, education systems must take action

Lisa Korteweg, Lakehead University; Pauline Tennent, University of Manitoba, and Tesa Fiddler

A temporary memorial for Canada’s residential schools is blessed by Indigenous elders in a pipe ceremony in Calgary in August 2021. THE […]

Online education, Teaching and learning, Technology

Beyond Zoom, Teams and video lectures — what do university students really want from online learning?

Dilani Gedera, Auckland University of Technology; Ashwini Datt, University of Auckland; Cheryl Brown, University of Canterbury; Dianne Forbes, University of Waikato, and Maggie Hartnett, Massey University

Shutterstock As any university student, lecturer or tutor can attest, the pandemic has turned learning and teaching upside down. So it’s important […]

Equity and social justice, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: Universities and schools must acknowledge how colonial education has reproduced anti-Indigenous racism

Lisa Howell, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Kiera Brant-Birioukov, York University, Canada, and Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Protesters march to Parliament Hill in Ottawa in response to the discovery of unmarked Indigenous graves at residential schools on July 1, […]

Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source

Banning large university parties won’t work — students need to be empowered to propose change

Working from home made women academics feel worse than ever about juggling roles

Hit hard by the pandemic, Australian researchers expect its impacts to linger for years

Read the student survey responses shared by academics and you’ll see why Professor Hambling is justified in burning hers

The art of good teaching

Want to decolonize education? Where classes are held matters

Reckoning with the truths of unmarked graves of Indigenous children, education systems must take action

Beyond Zoom, Teams and video lectures — what do university students really want from online learning?

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: Universities and schools must acknowledge how colonial education has reproduced anti-Indigenous racism

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