December 2024
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Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors
Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.
- Julie Hare
November 2024
‘Find your niche’: The hard lessons of building tech companies
IND Technology has made the rare leap from academia to commercial success, while legal tech start-up Nexl nearly failed but is now growing rapidly in the US.
- Paul Smith
August 2024
- Lifetime Achievement
- Higher Education Awards
Meet the economist turned accidental uni vice chancellor
Professor Margaret Gardner, the only vice chancellor to become a state governor, has been awarded this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Julie Hare
- Emerging Leaders
- Higher Education Awards
The three words that unite these emerging leaders
Finalists in the emerging leadership category of the Higher Education Awards are focused on research that has “real-world impact”.
- Euan Black
May 2024
Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide
Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
How this intern turned paper-shuffling into a $3m start-up
Finnlay Morcombe found himself spending hours on a tedious but important task while on an internship. It turned into a fantastic business idea.
- Julie Hare
February 2024
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Unis that would pay the most – and the least – under ‘envy tax’ plan
Just six of the country’s 41 universities would bankroll half of the annual contributions to the higher education future fund proposed in the Albanese government’s universities accord.
- Julie Hare
October 2023
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- International students
At this Aussie uni, students are happy to turn up 7 days a week
At RMIT in Vietnam, nearly every student finishes their degree and many turn up seven days a week — even when they don’t need to — and stay all day.
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- Julie Hare
September 2023
How this CEO used an MBA to join the space race
MBA’s can be a useful tool for corporate leaders looking to transition into becoming a business founder and owner.
- Alexandra Cain
August 2023
Beyond patents: How to turn research into social impact
This company is hunting for programmers to recast medical imaging and disease detection in the same way that Uber and Airbnb have transformed ride sharing and tourism.
- Agnes King
June 2023
Got a degree? That may no longer be enough to get a job
It may not be long before, on top of a degree, employers will want evidence that recruits picked up specific skills in areas like project management or cyber risk.
- Sally Patten
April 2023
Why employers should hire Gen Zs who read books
Researchers say jobseekers should be prepared to answer interview questions about their reading habits.
- Tess Bennett
September 2022
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Demand grows for data science and analytics execs
Data is the new corporate currency as digitisation sweeps every market in the world.
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April 2022
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Thought leadership a vital business success ingredient post pandemic
To be a thought leader, you need to have the desire to develop the requisite skills, you need to be in the right environment, and you need to be exposed to a mix of visionaries across a variety of topics. Other attributes that support thought leadership include an open mind and a hunger for knowledge.
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March 2022
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