The series of measures that China has launched to protect graduates against the worst economic consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic include a significant expansion of postgraduate enrolment. But while 189,000 extra places might be good news for candidates competing for a place this year, it has triggered concerns in China about the possible devaluation of […] … learn more→

In his book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe writes that settler Australians wilfully misunderstood, hid and destroyed evidence of Aboriginal Australians’ farming practices. My analysis of secondary school textbooks shows this behaviour isn’t restricted to the past — it is ongoing. In Australia, pre-invasion Aboriginal peoples tend to be portrayed as nomadic hunter-gatherers. For example, a 1979 textbook titled Australia’s frontiers: […] … learn more→

#MeToo was widely heralded as a tipping point. Women, it seemed, were actually being believed about their own experiences. Following a media exposé and the bravery of women speaking out, Harvey Weinstein was jailed. But this is one perpetrator. So how much do we really believe women as credible authors of their own experiences? Brett […] … learn more→

  I have stopped counting the number of times that I have heard academics use “binary” as a description of contempt. In academic conferences and workshops, the mere mention of the word provokes knowing smiles of derision towards those accused of “simplistic binary thinking”. Binary concepts – such as “us and them”, “man and woman”, […] … learn more→

We need to change our transportation system, and we need to do it quickly. Road transportation is a major consumer of fossil fuels, contributing 16 per cent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, which warm up the Earth’s atmosphere and cause changes to the climate. It also pollutes the air, threatening health and costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually. […] … learn more→

Classrooms, gyms and cafeterias at schools across the U.S. have remained empty for months now. And despite some districts beginning to reopen, many others will remain closed amid fears that prematurely restarting in-person classes could cost more lives in the pandemic. Local, state and federal officials wrangle over how to make schools safe, with concern over how to sufficiently […] … learn more→

Whatever happens elsewhere in the world, the universities of Hong Kong will never return to normal after the end of the Covid crisis. Higher education systems across the globe have been deeply shaken by the pandemic, but Hong Kong’s has been triply blighted. First, we saw a wave of temporary university closures in response to protests at […] … learn more→

Although Indonesia is a country with the 8th largest forest area in the world with a forest area of 120.6 million hectares , or around 63% of the total land area of ​​Indonesia, deforestation is the third highest in the world in the world in 2018. This is due to forest governance that is dominated by careless exploitation of wood and the […] … learn more→

A recent review of available pathways after secondary school into work, further education and training recommended all students leave school with a learner profile. Recommendation four of the report, commissioned by the Education Council, said: Students should leave school with a Learner Profile that incorporates not only their ATAR score (where relevant) together with their individual subject […] … learn more→

Colleges routinely assess faculty research, but few have thought carefully about why they want faculty to engage in research. They should. For 35 years, I was a student, postdoc and faculty member at top universities and research institutes, where “doing science” was at the top of the job description. Seven years ago, I switched gears […] … learn more→