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3 Recent Australian Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About
Higher Education InsightAustralia is home to some of the best researchers in the world, but rarely do we hear about their work in mainstream news. Here’s three fascinating discoveries from recent years.
What are university rankings good for?
Higher Education InsightWhether university rankings are valuable information or rubbish depends on what ranking, what it measures, and how you use it.
Where did university rankings come from, anyway?
Higher Education InsightToday we accept university rankings as business as usual, but the practice is newer than you might think. Today we accept higher education rankings as a global phenomenon: institutions know they’re coming, some might “massage” their data, ranking drops are fretted over, ranking rises crowed from the rooftops—and then the familiar pattern repeats for the next cycle.
A brief history of university education and social mobility
Higher Education InsightUniversities now enjoy a reputation as vehicles for equality and social mobility. But they certainly didn’t start out that way. So how did they arrive there?
Familiar jokes aside, qualifications in humanities, arts and social sciences offer tremendous value
Higher Education InsightCurrent funding policy has been characterised as disincentivising the study of HASS disciplines in Australia, but they actually offer a lot to graduates and to society.
From Gutenberg to the Internet, technology is a driver of education and research
Higher Education InsightThe evolution of technology operates in synergy with higher education and research: the more equal our technology to the challenges of cheap and fast communication, the farther our reach and the more we get to learn from each other.
Research supervision is a vital underpinning of research institutions
Higher Education InsightAcademic supervision is a vital underpinning of research institutions, but recognition is not always concomitant with the influence of the role. Keeping on top of training and development is more important than we think.