Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to cut costs. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found AUT’s approach breached its collective employment agreement with staff and their union and ordered it to withdraw the termination notices. The Employment Relations Authority has issued a compliance order to the university, requiring […] … learn more→

Students who work while enrolled in college are about 20% less likely to complete their degrees than similar peers who don’t work, a large and meaningful decrease in predicted graduation rates. Among those who do graduate, working students take an average 0.6 of a semester longer to finish. This is mainly because students who work […] … learn more→

Australia is welcoming back international students in much greater numbers this year. Some predict new enrolments in 2023 could even be higher than the pre-COVID record in 2019. Student visa applications in the second half of 2022 were up 40% on the same period in 2019. The downside is many of these students are likely to struggle to find […] … learn more→

This coming spring, a new group of students will think about choosing university majors when they apply to campuses across North America. In all likelihood, fewer of those students will choose humanities subjects — traditionally understood to include history, literature, philosophy, languages and the arts — as their major, than in past years. This is because of an […] … learn more→

This week, year 12 results have been released in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. Other states will follow next week. The Higher School Certificate and its equivalents are seen as the pinnacle of schooling in Australia – the culmination of years of hard work and anticipation. Yet each year, the same narrow narrative about “success” appears in […] … learn more→

International students are flooding back to Australian universities. Some predictions say 2023 could even see record numbers of overseas students in the country. This is not only good news for universities, but potentially good news for Australian employers. Part of the Albanese government’s plan to boost skills in Australia is to try and ensure more students stay […] … learn more→

It is clear that the rules and criteria for learning assessment should be standardised in a way that can be marked fairly. Where there is debate is whether or not students should be allowed to use prior work experience or knowledge from the business they work at or own. The belief is that students should […] … learn more→

Five years ago, we launched the High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, a new institution focused on competency-based STEM teacher preparation.  Envisioned as both a graduate school and a design lab, High Meadows sought to develop, pilot, and launch innovations in education. Our goal was to create a proof of concept that could […] … learn more→

Until about 2020, universities used cryptocurrencies only to pay ransoms to criminals attacking their networks. A fast payment to criminals helped victim universities restore their networks quickly. With increasing public adoption of cryptocurrencies, especially among young consumers, universities are exploring them, too. As of early 2022, 20% of U.S. consumers had used cryptocurrencies. According to an April 2022 report, 28% of 13- […] … learn more→

The title says it all: Australia’s university system is under review. The review will lead to what is being called the “Universities Accord”. First, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page. Most universities in Australia are publicly funded by the federal government. That’s 36 public universities—plus four local private unis, and three international […] … learn more→