Monthly Archives: March 2022

International students are back on campus, but does that spell the end of digital learning? Here’s why it shouldn’t

International students are back on campus, but does that spell the end of digital learning? Here’s why it shouldn’t

Universities are welcoming international students back to campuses now Australia’s borders are open. So, with these students back in person, is this the end of digital learning at universities? It shouldn’t be. Continuing multimodal study will be critical for our universities to attract and retain international students whose numbers in Australia halved during the pandemic. Quality of education […] … learn more→

Surprise – your kids may be nervous about ditching the mask

Surprise – your kids may be nervous about ditching the mask

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new COVID-19 guidelines on Feb. 25, 2022, to help inform people’s individual decisions about wearing masks. The new guidance recommends masks be worn indoors only in areas of high community risk and allows approximately 70% of people in the U.S. – including some 19 million children – to ditch their masks. Most, […] … learn more→

The advantages of private classes

The advantages of private classes

Let’s start with a simple example: for work reasons we must move to another part of the world with our whole family. In that place the language of schooling is a different language from our mother tongue. Given this fact, there are several options: educate our children in a school close to home, in the new […] … learn more→

What are your post PhD job prospects, 2 years into the pandemic?

What are your post PhD job prospects, 2 years into the pandemic?

As regular readers will know, I am a working researcher with an interest in post PhD employability. For nearly 10 years now my research focus has been on job advertisements for researchers. this post is a detailed update on the academic and non-academic job market, 2 years into the pandemic. If you don’t want to […] … learn more→

Many students don’t know how to manage their money. Here are 6 ways to improve financial literacy education

Many students don’t know how to manage their money. Here are 6 ways to improve financial literacy education

How we can improve the teaching of financial literacy in high school? And why is it important? People need a basic understanding of financial concepts to make good financial decisions. Our newly released research found most students generally do not know a lot about personal finance. This includes being able to apply basic numeracy to real-life financial […] … learn more→

7 ways to spot polarizing language — how to choose responsibly what to amplify online or in-person

7 ways to spot polarizing language — how to choose responsibly what to amplify online or in-person

Words have consequences. They can make us feel love, anger, fear, hope. Those emotions, depending on how strongly they’re felt, can incite actions. Communication scholars, ancient rhetoricians, legal scholars and psychologists have all studied some of the most basic pathways along which words do their work — how love is sustained in lasting relationships, how political leaders rally troops to war, […] … learn more→

College could take place in the metaverse, but these problems must be overcome first

College could take place in the metaverse, but these problems must be overcome first

I dont km Higher education in the United States is in trouble. Spiraling tuition costs and a student debt crisis threaten to make college unaffordable to all but the wealthy. In an attempt to cut spending and control tuition hikes, American universities are relying more and more on temporary instructors who are underpaid, teach a heavy course load and often […] … learn more→

Higher salaries might attract teachers but pay isn’t one of the top 10 reasons for leaving

Higher salaries might attract teachers but pay isn’t one of the top 10 reasons for leaving

Money might at first attract us to a profession, but does it keep us in it? The report of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review, released in recent days, found teachers in Australia reach the top pay scale after about ten years. This is well below the average for advanced economies. A survey for the review […] … learn more→

How women could be the answer to Australia’s international education crisis

How women could be the answer to Australia’s international education crisis

The future of Australia’s international education sector is on the drawing board. In the midst of Australia’s COVID-19 surge, the federal government released the Australian Strategy for International Education 2021-2030. It paints a future for the sector built around increased diversification and a focus on student support and well-being. Looking at Australia’s international education sector through […] … learn more→