The university sector faces cumulative losses of up to A$19 billion over the next three years due to lost international student revenue. Modelling from the Mitchell Institute shows the next big hit will come mid-year when $2 billion in annual tuition fees is wiped from the sector as international students are unable to travel to Australia to […] … learn more→
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Australian universities could lose $19 billion in the next 3 years. Our economy will suffer with them
What philosophical lessons to draw from the health crisis?
When the world faces a reality that transcends it, when the life of human beings is at stake, philosophical questions resurface. It is ” the astonishment which drove as today, the first thinkers to philosophical speculations”, said Aristotle . The period of fear, panic and anxiety that we are going through forces us to put thought back at the center […] … learn more→
International scientists need better support during global emergencies
We found ourselves in Peru in the middle of an international field course when the world began to shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our experience showed not only the inconsistency in how universities and countries treat students, but also revealed that existing policy at most universities cannot currently support researchers abroad in […] … learn more→
Students less focused, empathic and active than before – technology may be to blame
Teachers say most students have lost the ability to focus, are less empathetic and spend less time on physical activity. These are some of the results from our Growing Up Digital Australia study, in which we surveyed almost 2,000 teachers and school leaders across Australia. We asked them how students from primary school to year 12 have […] … learn more→
Is student course evaluation actually useful?
‘I am always curious as to how students might react to what I have been trying to do’ I was somewhat sceptical when student feedback forms were first introduced, back in the Jurassic days before email. Not many students could be bothered to collect a physical form and fill it in, and some of those […] … learn more→
Students fight pandemic – and get real-world experience – by using 3D printers to make face shields
When high school teachers in Camdenton, Missouri, read about how personal protective equipment for health care workers was in short supply due to the COVID-19 outbreak – and how anyone with a 3D printer could help fill the void – they sprung into action. The educators asked their fellow teachers at Camdenton Middle School, which had already secured 3D […] … learn more→
The coronavirus crisis affects 1,507 million students: How to face the tsunami?
According to UNESCO data , as of April 14, 2020, the coronavirus crisis has affected 1,507 million students in 192 countries who are enrolled in preschool, primary, secondary, high school, undergraduate and postgraduate studies. This impact represents more than 91.4% of the world student population. Especially serious is the greatest impact on girls , due to the consequences they may suffer. Students […] … learn more→
Are you teaching your children to write? Well start with a good read
In a second grade Primary Education classroom (7-8 years old), before confinement, students were struggling to write a story from reading articles in a digital newspaper and another on paper. The girls and boys, sitting in pairs, discussed what title to put and what content they wanted to capture in their own text while occasionally consulting […] … learn more→
View from The Hill – So you wanted to spend more time with the kids?
What to do about the schools is set to return centre stage when the national cabinet later this week discusses the next steps in managing the coronavirus – specifically, the first stages of the way to “the other side”. Scott Morrison, who has always wanted kids at school and insisted schools must stay open for […] … learn more→
Diversifying reading lists should not be skin deep
It may have taken a while, but universities are finally coming around to the idea that their reading lists are too white and too male. In almost every campus in the UK and US, “decolonise the curricula” pushes are being taken seriously, and nowhere more so than in libraries. The subject is one many librarians […] … learn more→