In a recent survey, 83% of employers changed their benefits strategy over the past three years. It is apparent that businesses are reevaluating their processes, given major changes in benefits structures, regulation, and compliance initiatives. If your business has not reviewed your benefits administration software recently, it may be due for a revisit. If you […] … learn more→

Universities across Australia – including in Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle – have had to close their campuses in the past few months as a result of bushfires. But the deep and long-lasting impacts of the crisis are set to pose a challenge for Australian universities beyond just the immediate response. Of the more than one million university students in Australia, we estimate about 95,000 […] … learn more→

In order to understand in depth the implications of the so-called “parental pin” , it is first necessary to understand what the purposes of the public school are. Although it is very common to think that the work of the compulsory public school is formative, it is not so. Its primary function, and the explanation of why all […] … learn more→

UMich is currently paying $10.6 million each year(!!!) for its 82 “diversity officers,” MLive reported. Further scholarships and a new $10 million multicultural center are all part of a five-year strategic plan, launched in 2016 to diversify the campus. –the Vice-Provost alone rakes in over 400k a year… I’ve written before of the incredible high […] … learn more→

Children and young people have been deeply impacted by the current bushfire crisis. Schools have been destroyed and thousands of houses have burnt down. Hazardous air pollution is causing major public health concerns and the devastating impacts on animals and wildlife is leading to emotional distress. Many children – like 11-year-old Finn who drove a boat with […] … learn more→

The Michelin Guide has just withdrawn their third star from the great chefs Marc Veyrat, then the late Paul Bocuse. The stir caused is considerable. For all those who are interested in evaluation, especially in school, it is a remarkable opportunity to reflect on the uncertainties of this practice which, less than ever, cannot claim to be a […] … learn more→

Regional diversity is one factor among many that is used to determine which students gain admittance to private colleges in the US. It is an admirable idea. In theory, such policies are designed to bring together, in each incoming class, students from diverse urban communities and rural outposts across the nation. In reality, however, the […] … learn more→

School will start on a somewhat sombre note this year. Some schools will still be shrouded in smog from the bushfires. Some students will be grieving the loss of property, animals or even family and friends. Some remain evacuated and others are part of the recovery effort. In recent days, Australia’s education minister Dan Tehan highlighted […] … learn more→

For some time now we have been observing a kind of renewal wave in education with emerging proposals that would turn classrooms and schools upside down, turning them into something almost unrecognizable. And, in parallel, we are seeing how digital technology has come to supplant the analog in many facets of life, also in education. All […] … learn more→

Writing is a visual medium It may seem odd to say that writing is visual. Writing – and academic writing in particular –  is about words and what they say isn’t it? Well of course it is. But the way in which we engage with words can be pretty seriously affected by the ways in […] … learn more→