It’s always interesting when you ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. Some children seem to come into the world with a definite idea of who they are meant to be. Knowing your path in life from an early age is quite amazing, when you think of it. Other kids seem […] … learn more→
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3 creative ways to lower your debt from Medical school
Taking out a student loan for your child can hurt your own financial well-being December 17, 2021 8.27am EST
When people take out student loans for themselves, certain risks are involved. The debt can negatively affect a person’s mental, emotional and even physical well-being. It can also harm a person’s financial well-being. But when taking out a student loan for one’s child, the risk is even higher that the loan could be associated with lower financial well-being. This is what economics […] … learn more→
COVID has changed students’ needs and expectations. How do universities respond?
One could be forgiven for thinking moving lectures online is the only change to the higher education experience to come from the COVID-19 pandemic. Barely a day goes by without a headline that another university will conduct “lectures” in online mode only. But there is so much more potential for change in the wake of […] … learn more→
Unpleasant emotions are normal and desirable in academia
We are currently witnessing a discussion about academic freedom, which is the right to teach, learn, study, and publish without economic or political pressure . An independent commission on academic freedom was recently set up in Quebec. For its part, following several controversies, the University of Ottawa commissioned a report on academic freedom from a committee chaired by the former […] … learn more→
International student numbers hit record highs in Canada, UK and US as falls continue in Australia and NZ
International students are heading to Canada, the UK and the US in record numbers despite the pandemic, new research by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows. But Australia and New Zealand continue to experience a dramatic drop in new international students. Our report, Student, interrupted: international education and the pandemic, examined five major destinations for international students: […] … learn more→
Doctorate: the major transformations of the thesis in management?
While, in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic countries, the doctorate is one of the royal ways to access management functions in companies, in France, with the weight of the grandes écoles, the doctorate remains above all a springboard towards teaching and research professions. In fact, in 2013, the National Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE) had already shown that 75% […] … learn more→
For the book from the PhD
I do love the book that comes from the PhD. The book seems like a fitting reward for all the hard work done during the doctorate. Indeed, in some countries, the post defence thesis is published as a book. That’s the book of the PhD, not from it. There’s nothing quite like getting the first copies of your first […] … learn more→
A guide to cheap moving services for university students
We go to university to complete higher study. Every year lots of people go to university in the big city. So they have to move to the city where the university is located. Every move is a stressful experience including university moving. Though DIY moving could be a good option. But hiring a professional moving […] … learn more→
Unis offered as few as 1 in 100 casuals permanent status in 2021. Why aren’t conversion rules working for these staff?
Twenty years’ experience of casual conversion clauses in Australian universities’ employment agreements shows these have not reduced the number of casual staff they employ. No one should be surprised at how few offers of conversion to permanent employment have been made following changes to the National Employment Standards (NES) in March this year. Universities have reportedly offered fewer than 1 […] … learn more→
After 2 years of COVID, how bad has it really been for university finances and staff?
Two years into the pandemic, what impacts have COVID-19 really had on Australian university finances and staffing in 2020 and in 2021? Our recently published research shows the impacts varied greatly across the sector. However, staff cuts appear to have been disproportionate to overall financial losses. About 10% of the university workforce (in full-time equivalent terms) lost […] … learn more→
