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We asked academics to be real about work. Here are our new findings
My children were two and three years old in March of 2020 when Sydney went into its first COVID-19 lockdown. At the time, I was in an education-focussed leadership role but also still teaching and conducting research. I was supporting my colleagues as they pivoted to online learning at the same time as helping implement …
The kids aren’t all right. Neither are staff.
Good morning on R U OK? Day 2022. Today’s the perfect day to ask our higher education (HE) students how they are doing. According to the latest national 2021 Student Experience Survey (SES) released late last month, the answer is a depressing ’not so good’. The 2021 data again show that the top ranked reason …
Broken but alive – COVID’s gender impacts in Australian universities now
“Two days to pivot online, it’s business as usual. We care about you, but your student evaluation scores are low. We’re in this together – where are your three research outputs?” …
How to fix the fascinating, challenging, dangerous problem of cheating
Cheating is a big problem. By my reading of the literature, around one in ten Australian university students has at some stage submitted an assignment they didn’t do themselves. Add to that other types of cheating such as using unauthorised material in exams, and emergent threats from artificial intelligence, and you have a fascinating, challenging …
Academics, we need useful dialogues not monologues
(Illustration by Oslo Davis Copyright Oslo Davis 2022. Used with permission. www.osldavis.com) Some things in academia become normalised …
O’Shea: All I want for higher education now and tomorrow
Fresh from delivering a widely-applauded keynote at this year’s HERDSA conference, “Fragility or tenacity? Equity and participation in …
Is this now the Federal government’s most bone-headed idea ever?
Apparently international PhD students in Australia now have to seek ministerial approval to change their thesis topic or …
Now there’s one surefire way to stop the brain drain
The pandemic has brought about an energetic rethinking of the role and nature of higher education into the …
Why your doctorate can make you feel like you’re drowning
This is not a cry for help. These aren’t my thoughts on the difficulties of managing money, time, …