By Anthea Adams, Lecturer: Academic Staff Development, Rhodes University
Charlene Geduld- Van Wyk, Senior Instructor Emergency Health, Central University of Technology
Patricia Muhuro, Senior Consultant Teaching and Learning, University of Fort Hare
Sandra Williams, Lecturer in Law in the Marketing Department in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Most universities and colleges have formal and informal programmes and initiatives to support student and staff development. Their goal is to create learning experiences that help students succeed academically. Typically, academic development practitioners design and run these programmes. They are usually academics themselves. To help students, they use tools like data analytics to design tutoring and mentoring programmes. For staff, development might include formal courses, webinars, workshops and seminars. Education researchers Anthea Adams, Sandra Williams, Patricia Muhuro and Charlene Van…
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By Fisayo Ajala, Stellenbosch University
Nigerian soldiers’ widows have been reported as lacking support from the army, and even experiencing sexual harassment while claiming their late husbands’ benefits.
Their concerns echo the findings of our recent study as military sociologists.
The research focused on Nigerian widows who lost their husbands in the Boko Haram conflict, and the extent to which the Nigerian Army fulfilled its…
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By Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
Debbie Rosen, Research and Innovation Development Manager for the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
Planet Earth is living on borrowed time, a new global report reveals. The world must stop burning fossil fuels now and take urgent steps to reduce global warming.
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By UntoldMag
From drone strikes to facial scans, legal frameworks are being bent to justify AI-powered targeting and biometric control in a new era of algorithmic warfare.
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By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
The poll was brought on by a no-confidence vote. But after delivering a re-hung parliament, Tasmanians don’t seem to have much confidence in their MPs either.
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By Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geophysics, Kyoto University
Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video provides the first direct evidence.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
While the final results in Tasmania’s second election in 16 months won’t be known for days, the Liberals are well ahead – but will fall short of a clear majority.
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By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
The foundational belief of many of the QAnon followers is that Donald Trump is the heroic figure fighting the elite pedophile ring.
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By Adesewa Olofinko
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught Africa anything, it is that when the next global health crisis hits, no one is coming to save her.
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By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Selwyn Cornish, Honorary Associate Professor in the School of History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
John Owen Stone AO was a legendary leader of the Commonwealth Treasury. He was secretary (departmental head) from January 1979 to September 1984 but was an intellectual driving force before then as deputy secretary from 1971 to 1978.
Over those years he dealt with eight treasurers: Billy Snedden, Gough…
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