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Cryptocurrency: New frontiers in teaching tax law
It’s not often that both academics and students are learning a new suite of information simultaneously. The conditions need to be just right, where a new technology is uncharted, and has immediate and significant implications to a profession being taught at university. Take cryptocurrency and taxation. Within the [...]
Case studies in Management: The benefits of using a good case study
There is a world of experience out there, quite literally. Every situation – be it conflict or success – could be a potential case study for Management students. As a Lecturer in Management at the University of Adelaide Business School, Dr Ankit Agarwal is fuelled by the [...]
Female STEM students thrive with role models: Celebrating the contributions of women in chemistry
When Uta Wille was working towards her PhD in Germany in the late 1980’s, she swiftly learnt that being a young woman in a scientific field required resilience. Her research group was a sea of twenty men. Her supervisor told her male colleagues to ‘treat her like a [...]
Ethics in Accounting – cultivating a valuable graduate attribute
‘It’s hard-skills that get you hired, and soft-skills that get you fired’. This saying is highly fitting when discussing ethics in accounting courses. Most students start their education journey believing that technical skills are most important for a long and successful career. However, it’s the non-technical skills [...]
Interactive e-book modules in Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology is a complex and sometimes overwhelming topic for students. Being able to answer the question “why is my patient experiencing this?” is vital for our graduate nurses and clinical practitioners. They need to identify and understand how to manage abnormal changes in patients – with accuracy and without [...]