If you find yourself lacking confidence at work, and you kick yourself for not speaking up more in meetings, you’re definitely not alone. 70% of people admit to regularly lacking confidence in themselves when it comes to their careers. Lack of confidence can be costly. It makes us doubt our abilities, judgement and impacts our… Read More
It takes a lot of courage to live the life you want to live. The road can be hard and long, mentally and physically exhausting, and you might be tempted to give up on your goal. Maybe you’re studying right now to better your life, and you’re finding it hard to push through to the… Read More
It might seem like good communication strategies are timeless, but in actual fact they are constantly evolving. In an increasingly globalized world, not to mention rapidly shifting virtual landscape, what qualified as effective five or ten years ago–even last year–may not longer be relevant. Here are ten of our tips for crafting good communication in… Read More
What is the online learning experience like for indigenous communities across Australia? In a 2020 report from the National Tertiary Education Union, researchers at the Nulungu Research Institute send a message to the sector on just how important it is to address cultural learning differences in remote communities. In this post we explore some of… Read More
Student engagement is more important now than ever, and that means staffing your courses with the right instructors. In their new paper, Staffing the Higher Education Classroom, published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, two Northwestern University scholars found a few ways to measure teacher effectiveness that go beyond the standard survey. Above all, their… Read More
According to a recent report by the World Economic Forum, a mere 22 percent of the workforce in Artificial Intelligence is comprised of women. In Australia, that figure is even lower. There’s a gap, even, in the qualified versus employed: 55 percent of STEM graduates are women; they’re just not moving into the field at… Read More