Education minister Dan Tehan met with university Vice Chancellors in Wollongong this week to discuss a new report on an upcoming funding formula for universities – performance-based funding. This report, and the proposed funding approach detailed in it, has been some time coming. In 2017, the government ended the policy of demand-driven funding to universities, introduced by the previous Labor government […] … learn more→

For many students, pressure and expectation are just another part of the school experience. There is pressure to perform certain tasks, conform to uniform standards and to achieve one’s full potential. Then there are the expectations – that students will do their homework, turn up on time, and perform to the best of their ability. Pressure is even higher […] … learn more→

I don’t go to American Thinker often, but a recent post there from an “old white professor” has some good advice…though I have a bit to add. Advice to the College-Bound from the Old, White Professor While the advice is good, the professor here doesn’t realize that most battles are decided before the first drop […] … learn more→

For those interested in currency, watching the GBP Sterling over the past few months will have been an interesting ride. Prime ministerial resignations, cabinet reshuffles, and building model buses out of wine boxes have all had an effect on the value of the pound. The euro has seen a similar trajectory with various trade wars […] … learn more→

When I started my undergraduate education 21 years ago, computers were a luxury and talking to the professor meant coming to office hours — emails were not a thing. A student’s room would be filled with course syllabi, lecture notes and marked papers. Today, I look at the university classroom from the other side. Students […] … learn more→

When we talk about historical research, several concepts such as the past, history and a series of images and notions about what, supposedly, happened long ago, come to mind. This linear, rigid, objective and monolithic perception of history that is often confused with the past is the introduction to this article. And we say this since the past is not understood […] … learn more→

A bright and actionable data management strategy must be at the heart of every company’s records and information architecture, systems and procedures. In a business, the management must implement the right practices and have the right principles in place as these are critical elements in accomplishing tangible results speedily. Because enterprises are rapidly embracing the […] … learn more→

Graduation is over. The banners have been folded up for another year, the tide of new graduates has ebbed from the campus, along with frenetic waves of proud parents. Stoical folk from hospitality are retrieving the last of the wine glasses from their resting places around the public statuary, while pigeons pick tentatively at the […] … learn more→

Our “leaders” in higher ed have had a blank check for decades, literally able to do whatever they want as long the student loan money kept pouring in. The kind of corruption this has led to is breathtaking, and I assure the gentle reader that the horrific activities at Penn State, the intergenerational fraud at […] … learn more→

Today’s modern self-starter generation is perhaps one of the most entrepreneurially-minded of recent decades. With majority of young people found not to be content working for large corporations, more 18-24-year-olds than ever are declaring their intent to form their own business. Indeed, they’ve seen many people find success in starting from scratch – from online […] … learn more→