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Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.
Bridging programs transform students’ lives – they even go on to outperform others at uni

Bridging programs transform students’ lives – they even go on to outperform others at uni

“I remember how hard the words hit me – ‘you’re not smart enough’.” Dylan, a proud Bundjalung man in his 30s from northern New South Wales with South Sea Island heritage, shared with us what high school staff had told him during year 12. “My childhood dream was crushed. My grades were terrible and my […] … learn more→

Dogs, masters of indexical semiotics

Dogs, masters of indexical semiotics

When we study animal communication we usually analyze the languages ​​that animals such as dolphins, bees or dogs use to communicate with each other. The greatest difficulty in these analyzes is that, as a different species that we are, it is difficult for us to access the communication thresholds that each animal species has, and for […] … learn more→

How getting kids to make grocery lists and set the table can improve their vocabulary and willingness to learn

How getting kids to make grocery lists and set the table can improve their vocabulary and willingness to learn

Reading, writing and math are often thought of as subjects that children learn in school. But as a psychologist who researches how families can help support learning at home, I have found that children can also learn those skills through everyday tasks and chores. One of these chores is preparing a meal – everything from grocery shopping and […] … learn more→

The university we want to respond to the demands of society

The university we want to respond to the demands of society

For several years now, there have been profound social, economic and cultural changes that have affected the entire university system, both in its dimension as the main producer of science, technology and culture, as well as in its educational vocation and professional training. The pandemic and the set of measures of all kinds and nature devised […] … learn more→

Making Australian research free for everyone to read sounds ideal. But the Chief Scientist’s open-access plan isn’t risk-free

Making Australian research free for everyone to read sounds ideal. But the Chief Scientist’s open-access plan isn’t risk-free

Chief Scientist Cathy Foley is leading an open access strategy for Australia. Foley estimates the Australian government invests A$12 billion a year of public money in research and innovation only for most of the publications that eventuate to be locked behind a paywall, inaccessible to industry and the taxpayer. At the same time, Australian universities and […] … learn more→

The disappearing writer – a redrafting strategy

The disappearing writer – a redrafting strategy

Academic writers often lose themselves when writing about literatures. It is easier to be textually confident when writing about what you did yourself than to summarise, synthesise and assess other people’s texts. Particularly if those texts are produced by more experienced and well regarded writers. It is even more tricky to put your analysis of […] … learn more→

From memories to the imagination, how is the taste of chocolate transmitted

From memories to the imagination, how is the taste of chocolate transmitted

If, in France, historically, chocolate is first and foremost a luxury drink, it is now democratized and present in many forms: bars, sweets, desserts, cakes, creams, drinks … A ballet of variations that s’ enriches each year as Christmas approaches. No sooner has the chocolate fair (with its famous parade of dresses, illustrating the virtuosity of […] … learn more→

Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why

Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why

Who you go to school with matters. Almost all of us, as children or parents of children, have felt the influence of good, and bad, classmates at school. There is a large body of research showing better peers can help increase a child’s test scores. But much less is known about how these peer effects actually take place between […] … learn more→

What hides the dilemma between FP or Baccalaureate?

What hides the dilemma between FP or Baccalaureate?

Every year, thousands of young people in the 4th year of ESO and with them their families, face a great dilemma : choose between the 26 vocational training specialties , between science or literature, thinking about high school and a university career or … get to work . Knowing, in addition, that the OECD indicators show that the unemployment rate and precariousness decrease and the wage level improves as […] … learn more→