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  1. 3 February 2023 - Learning & Teaching

    AI means a rethink of teaching foreign languages

    Machines are now better than most human foreign language students, so teaching languages should focus on global competence says University of Melbourne expert.

  2. 12 October 2022 - Humanities

    Food for thought

    Food connects all of us – so using it as a tool to teach students global competency and citizenship makes sense, says University of Melbourne expert.

  3. 15 June 2022 - Learning & Teaching

    Game on for collaborative learning

    Video games, collaboration and explicit instruction are helping neurodiverse children learn crucial social skills, University of Melbourne research shows

  4. 7 April 2022 - Learning & Teaching

    Is EQ more important than ever?

    As we ask students to become more globally competent, a University of Melbourne expert says the need to teach emotional intelligence is even more important.

  5. 15 March 2022 - Learning & Teaching

    Uncomfortable truths from a town to a nation

    The storytelling in the town of Tennant Creek is a microcosm of Australia’s struggle to come to terms with it past, says University of Melbourne expert

  6. 7 February 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    What makes us mistake 1 number 4 another?

    Research shows that number confusion is shaped not just by the symbols but also the culture and experience of the viewer, says University of Melbourne expert

  7. 8 October 2021 - Under the Microscope

    The language of learning

    University of Melbourne graduate, Stanley Wang, is one of this year’s 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians for his work on bilingualism in school.

  8. 27 November 2020 - Humanities

    Australia’s universities need to be free to engage globally

    An Australian government veto power on overseas university agreements puts at risk the benefits of international engagement warn University of Melbourne experts

  9. 5 October 2020 - Learning & Teaching

    Australian literature’s great silence

    A new University of Melbourne study says we must question the very white stories told in our classrooms and the lack of Indigenous authors in the curriculum.

  10. 27 April 2020 - Learning & Teaching

    The world is a classroom

    A University of Melbourne expert says COVID-19 presents an opportunity to reevaluate our attitudes to modern education - right here, right now.