More and more scientific journals are announcing their move to open access. From that moment on, all the articles they publish can be freely read. Who is going to be against such a laudable movement that seeks to make scientific publications open access? Bearing in mind that every product costs money and that scientific publications are no […] … learn more→
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Paying to publish in Open Access journals: Is all that glitters gold?
Migration offers an urgent fix for the skills we need right now, but education and training will set us up for the future
Australia is facing serious labour and skills shortages both now and in the longer term. The immediate priority is to help employers fill current vacancies. In the longer term, the government needs to ensure its investments in education and training prepare Australia for future skill needs and opportunities arising from rapid technological change and other grand challenges like climate […] … learn more→
Should we create the status of “student helping” for better recognition?
In 2019, the government launched a mobilization and support strategy for carers , finally making visible those who on a daily basis work alongside “a loved one with a loss of autonomy for reasons related to age, disability , chronic or disabling disease. The question of aid was late in the political debate. However, with the aging of […] … learn more→
Arts, history, philosophy… employers increasingly value soft skills
“The foundation of democratic and liberal societies is the critical spirit, which is nourished by knowledge of the humanities. Without exception, totalitarian states reject the teaching of the humanities , and states that reject this teaching always become totalitarian”. These were the words of Takamitsu Sawa, then president of Shiga University in Japan, in 2015 in response to a statement by […] … learn more→
If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating
While face-to-face classes are back after the COVID disruptions of the past two years, our research suggests at least some Australian universities intend to continue with fully online assessment. Students say they think cheating is easier online. There is some evidence it increased with the shift online. Yet our research, covering 41 Australian universities, has found little evidence of changes in their […] … learn more→
Attitude, organizational culture and good practices: the keys to digitizing the university
In the last two years we have changed. Changes have been accelerated and entrenched in the way we buy, pay, meet, and also in the way we learn. We are discovering digital tools, and we use them in an increasingly better, more effective and practical way, in our day to day. We have changed, in some things, for […] … learn more→
Faced with the “charrette culture”, will architects succeed in reinventing their profession?
The question of the “cart culture” may come up regularly in the media, be the subject of a ministerial working group and measures in the national higher education schools of architecture, it remains a difficult subject when we discuss the architects professional model. As I finished writing this article and discussed its content with my […] … learn more→
Manipulated baccalaureate grades: an eternal controversy?
In this 2022 baccalaureate session, correctors having discovered that the marks they had awarded during the specialty tests were subsequently systematically increased , a recurring controversy has just started again, like a forest fire at the start of summer: the marks of the tray would be the subject of a “tampering” . Of course, the gigantic proofreading operation has […] … learn more→
Motivation is energy for the brain of doctoral students
The path of developing a thesis is in most cases a long and difficult path at many times, full of demands, deadlines and moments of frustration. It is fundamental in the life of a university student to be aware, if they are in that phase of preparing a doctoral thesis, of the importance of generating […] … learn more→
5 Important things to know about student loans
Student loans help students pay for their education. They are usually given by the government or a private lender, and they have to be repaid with interest. The interest rate on student loans is usually lower than the interest rate on other types of loans, and the repayment period is often longer. Student loans can […] … learn more→
