A campaign has been launched to see all University of Wollongong lectures recorded as the rule rather than the exception. Fewer than 90 UOW rooms are equipped with lecture-capture technology, and lecturers must request classes to be recorded. UOW student representative Cameron McLeod said UOW should change its approach to digital learning. He said UOW should follow the lead of other universities, including the University of Sydney, and force lecturers to ‘opt out’ rather than ‘opt in’ to use the university’s lecture-capture technology, Echo 360. Mr McLeod said students use recorded lectures for a variety of reasons, including revision and catch-up. UOW…
Author: Claudia Poposki
The Sydney Tea Festival took over the Carriageworks in inner-city Eveleigh for the second year last month, drawing crowds of tea lovers to the area to celebrate tea culture. Renee Creer, co-founder of the event and owner of Perfect South, said the event was created because it was something she would like to attend herself as a tea lover and tea company owner, “It just bothered us [to] no end that it didn’t exist, so we thought, ‘Well okay, we’ll start it ourselves’ so that’s what we did.” The festival has almost doubled in size since beginning in 2014, attracting…
Domestic violence dominated headlines over the past fortnight, with state and federal governments, and a multinational company declaring it a policy priority. Domestic Violence Orders (DVOs) could soon apply nationwide, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to overhaul the family violence system, and Apple’s Siri can now direct victims of domestic violence to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network’s website. “Personally, the only terribly helpful thing I can see out of that is the move from a state to a federal structure with DVOs,” University of Wollongong Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Support Services’ (DV and SASS) Bronte Winn said. “Siri seems like…
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has predicted Olympic success for the Matildas after the Australian female soccer team qualified for Rio. “Qualifying is not what they’re about. They can win a medal here. I think a gold medal,” he said. Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull has also thrown his support behind them. “What a fantastic achievement to come out on top and qualify for the Olympic Games – for the first time since 2004,” he said. Football Federation Australia is doing what it can maintain the momentum of the team, with a new deal signed with the New South Wales government that allows the Matildas to play…
United States TV station CBS has passed on the opportunity to produce a modern version of Nancy Drew because it was ‘skewed too female’, according to Deadline. The show stars Sarah Shahi, an Iranian-Spanish actress, and portrays Nancy Drew as a 30-year-old woman working as a NYPD detective in Manhattan. The news received a poor reaction from social media, with one Tumblr user stating, “Does cancelling a show for being ‘too female’ mean that we can also cancel 90% of TV ’cause ‘too male'” The show would not have only been diverse due to it’s woman of colour lead, but Laverne…