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Higher education stories

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Perfekt & BeyondTrust strengthen cybersecurity partnership in Australia
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Perfekt and BeyondTrust, top cybersecurity companies, strengthen their six-year strategic partnership in Australian market.
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UK academia divided over role & ethics of AI technologies
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A stark divide has emerged in UK universities surrounding the ethics and role of AI technologies in higher education settings.
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Glasgow Caledonian University employs CyberArk for identity security
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Glasgow Caledonian University teams up with CyberArk for robust identity security amid increased cyber attack risks.
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TechnologyOne marks era end for 'on-prem' in higher education sector
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saas
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higher education
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tertiary education
TechnologyOne declares the end of the 'on-prem' era as all customers transition to SaaS, boosting productivity and staff retention in higher education.
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What should UK universities do to keep hold of their supercomputer brains?
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it professionals
HPC staff working in research and education often possess a unique set of skills and experiences that make them highly sought after in the corporate world.
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Workday recognised again as Leader in Cloud HCM for 8th year
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hcm
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compliance
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Workday, Inc. holds its position as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM for the eighth year in a row.
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Apptio and Protiviti partner to control cloud infrastructure spending
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Apptio partners with Protiviti Australia to help local enterprises control their cloud infrastructure spending amid economic challenges.
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Tech industry's skills gap & bias towards top universities limiting diversity
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report
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generation z
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higher education
A 'Diversity in Tech' report indicates a skills gap and bias towards top universities limits tech industry diversity.
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UK universities draw up guiding principles on AI literacy
Thu, 6th Jul 2023
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higher education
UK universities have announced they are drawing up a set of guiding principles to ensure that students and staff are AI literate.
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University of Tasmania joins Fortinet Academic Partner Program
Tue, 29th Nov 2022
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higher education
The University of Tasmania is the 498th education institution globally that has implemented the Fortinet Academic Partner Program, and the 16th in Australia.
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The University of Melbourne implements data ecosystem with Talend
Tue, 16th Aug 2022
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big data
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data analytics
Talend has announced that The University of Melbourne (UoM) has selected Talend Data Fabric for its cloud data platform.
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Atturra signs partnership to support ANZ higher education
Wed, 20th Apr 2022
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higher education
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it solutions
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partnerships
Atturra will partner with Berger-Levrault to support ANZ higher education institutions with schedule and campus management.
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Auckland ICT Graduate School adopts AWS programme
Wed, 7th Aug 2019
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cloud services
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public cloud
Auckland ICT Graduate School has subscribed its entire class to Amazon Web Services in order to bridge the gap between graduates and the workforce.
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Aussie students want fully digitised university experience
Tue, 18th Jun 2019
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e-learning
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higher education
Australian students are demanding a fully optimised and completely digital education experience, with many feeling underwhelmed by their universities' levels of technological innovation, according to research commissioned by TechnologyOne.
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Students get chance to work with new game design engine
Wed, 24th May 2017
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game design
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coding
YoYo Games marks 5th anniversary of GameMaker Studio with affordable bulk licenses for students and institutions. Budding designers rejoice!.
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New Student Management System helps NMIT serve students
Thu, 18th May 2017
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higher education
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) has implemented a new digital student management system to better serve their students.
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Blackboard provides a roadmap to the cloud for higher education
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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higher education
Blackboard has announced a transition plan at its recent Teaching and Learning Conference in Sydney to help institutions move to cloud-based services.
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New Kiwi website aimed to help school leavers
Mon, 4th Jul 2016
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higher education
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website
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schoolleaver
New Zealand school leavers can now access a new website, SchoolLeaver.nz, to help them plan their future after high school.
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Top 10 strategic technologies in higher education
Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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higher education
In New Zealand, technology spending in the higher education sector will total NZ$268 million in 2016.
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Digital transformation driving IT spending in higher education
Thu, 22nd Oct 2015
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digital transformation
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higher education
Higher education IT spending in the Asia Pacific region is expected to significantly increase by 2019, thanks to digital transformation initiatives.
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Huawei targets Australian ICT education space
Tue, 8th Sep 2015
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higher education
Huawei and Southern Cross University focus on the future of education and ICT solutions at the 2015 Education Summit in Australia.
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What higher education will look like in 2020
Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
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higher education
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bay of plenty polytechnic
The BYOD trend is gaining popularity in Asia Pacific as mobile devices accounted for 22.5% of all consumer smartphone sales in 2013.
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Online higher education courses provide wider access, higher quality and lower costs
Wed, 3rd Dec 2014
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e-learning
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higher education
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open polytechnic
Technology is vital in providing accessible education to students around the world, said Sir John Daniel at an event in Wellington.
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Conference with the ‘IT’ factor focuses on future...
Mon, 25th Aug 2014
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massey university
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higher education
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ucol
Information technology specialists from the tertiary education sector will be descending on Massey University’s Palmerston North campus during early September.