Provost proposes a rethink of “diversity” in higher education There is value in revisiting diversity across the Australian higher education sector, says our new provost. Professor Kerri-Lee Krause believes now is the time to do this, with the introduction of new standards being implemented by the national regulator, shifts in …
Tick for online teaching study
Friday, July 31, 2020A paper by Avondale academics and their colleagues identifying essential thresholds for tertiary educators new to online teaching has won a journal’s Best Article Award.
Soul fighters
Thursday, April 23, 2020Eliminating spirituality from the national conversation only cheapens the experience of Anzacs who wrestled with belief on the battleground, argues a Great War historian.
Anzacs were secular but . . .
Thursday, April 23, 2020It’s always tempting to see the past in terms of the present, to deny the past its difference. In Australia, perhaps that temptation has been hardest to resist when it comes to Anzac history.
A spiritual wrestle under stress of war
Thursday, April 23, 2020Professor Daniel Reynaud’s reading of their diaries and letters provides a glimpse into the soul of more than 1000 members of the Australian Imperial Force, 27 of whom he profiles in his new book, The Anzacs, Religion and God. He reveals in this question and answer what the personal and sometimes philosophical narratives reveal about the relationship between war and religion.
Sherry Hattingh: Internationalisation
Friday, August 30, 2019Here For Good is a podcast series from leading researchers at Avondale College of Higher Education. This episode features Senior Lecturer and Primary Course Convenor in the School of Education Dr Sherry Hattingh in conversation with Vice-President (Academic) Professor Stephen Currow.