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Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback

  • Written by: Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedbackStudents are invited to give feedback on teachers performance at Australian universities. from www.shutterstock.com

University students, like many in society, demonstrate bias against women and particularly women from non-English speaking backgrounds.

That’s the take home message from a new and comprehensive analysis of student experience...

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One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good

  • Written by: Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Management, Swinburne University of Technology
One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public goodIn a survey of 1,000 Australians, 35.4% agreed banking and financial institutions show 'no leadership for the greater good'.Shutterstock

The leaders of our banks and financial institutions are seen as the most self-serving in the nation, according to a national survey undertaken by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology.

More than a third...

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Economists' poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn't mean we will

  • Written by: Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW
Economists' poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn't mean we willMost of the economists polled think better regulation can make banks put customers first. The rest think it will need more.Shutterstock

After three years and 35 polls, the Economic Society of Australia has received its first-ever unanimous response to a survey question.

It asked just over 50 of Australia’s leading economists to respond to this...

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