Next to tuition, textbooks are one of the dearest expenses a university student will face. University-prescribed textbooks are the cornerstone of the textbook industry—a USD14 billion industry in the United States, and a AUD400 million industry in Australia. The price of textbooks has risen fifteenfold since 1970 and the average…

In your first year at university, you will probably be told by your lecturers and tutors several times to be sure you only use academic sources in your essays. Unfortunately, many students remain confused about what an academic source (or a scholarly source) is exactly and how best to find them. This…

We are very excited to announce the 2020 recipient of our Capstone Editing Textbook Grant for Undergraduates, Robert Newsome. Robert is well on his way to becoming a physiotherapist through his university studies and working as an allied health assistant at the Rockhampton Base Hospital. After graduating in 2017 from Rockhampton…

It’s Time for One of Those Seminars There comes a time in your career when you start attending grant application seminars. Often, these are put on by the university, and are filled with bright-eyed, bushy-tailed researchers just bursting with ideas they want to get funded. Picture this … the room…

The Changing Education Landscape The education sector has seen changes over the years, but in the last few decades, digital technology has completely revolutionised the way students learn in the classroom. We have come a long way from copying sentences off blackboards and rote learning from our textbooks; technology is…

Are you currently completing, or about to start, a three-year undergraduate degree? Are you thinking about postgraduate studies in the future, but not completely sure if you want to undertake a career in research? Completing an Honours degree might be the right choice for you! What is an Honours degree?…

You’re probably familiar with the term ‘brain drain’. It refers to the loss of expertise and talent of Australia’s best and brightest minds as they are drawn abroad to find work (and much-needed funding) in their field. In 2016, News Corp Australia reported that one of Australia’s top four leading researchers…

One of the decisions a student has to make even before starting university is where to live. For some, the choice may be as simple as continuing to live at home if it is an easy commute to campus. However, many students need to travel to a different city, state…

There’s no doubt that beginning university is an exciting time. If you’re an undergraduate straight out of high school, university may be a gateway to your chosen career path or a place for you to work out what you want to do. Amid the eagerness and anticipation, it can also…

As I approached graduation for my single major in History at the University of New South Wales in 2014, I was given the opportunity to qualify for a second major. By undertaking one more business subject, I could elect to graduate with a double major in History and Business. I…