In Features this morning
James Guthrie (Macquarie U) sets out the seven gaps between university managements’ rhetoric on the state of finances and the very different realities
Plus, Robert Vanderburg and Michael Cowling (both CQU) on what to expect if there are no lectures, “apathetic students staring at screens or refusing to attend on-line classes lacking humans, a reduction of the hidden curriculum developed by human interactive learning experiences: respecting authority, respect for other students’ opinions, punctuality, aspiring to achieve, and having a work ethic.” This week’s selection by Commissioning Editor Sally Kift for her celebrated series, Needed now in teaching and learning.
And Merlin Crossley (UNSW), makes the case for science comms and the good that comes from getting the word out