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Does teaching profession need a major overhaul?

How students learn, effective pedagogy, classroom management, and culturally and contextually responsive teaching are central to all teacher education programs in Australia.

Can ‘research sprints’ help solve academic problems in 30 days?

Traditional academic research can be slow, focusing on advancing knowledge and peer recognition, while freely sharing results.

Two Indian-origin professors appointed Fellows of the prestigious Australian Academy of Science

Prof. Brajesh Singh, a Soil Ecologist, and Prof. Pankaj Sah, a Neuroscientist. are among this year’s 20 new Fellows who are migrants and all now call Australia home.

Students want universities to teach them how to use AI in education

Students recognised that ChatGPT was helpful for summarising, brainstorming, explaining and suggesting.

Australia has way more PhD graduates than academic jobs. Here’s how to rethink doctoral degrees

The number of PhD completions has been steadily growing over the past two decades, from about 4,000 to about 10,000 per year.

Australian universities could not function without casual staff

Casual roles lead to semester-based employment for teaching and hours-based contracts for research work.

Do we need to change the way universities assess students?

We know ChatGPT can write material that is good enough to pass exams.

‘Unnati’ Australia-India Research Collaboration Grants open for applications

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, 12 grants of $30,000 each are available.

Student loans have become unfair to women but there is a way to fix this

Former students are taking around 12 years to repay their debts and repayment times are trending upward.

Learn the ‘Seven Research Mantras’ for success in the academic world

Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla is hopeful that these mantras will be implemented in universities to save young researchers valuable time and help in their mental wellbeing.

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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