Borrow UK strategy to mind the research gap, Canberra urged While a brains trust of Australian vice-chancellors is considering how to fund research long-term, a university group says the biggest challenge is more immediate John Ross 7月 26日
Australia needs an international education champion, too Appointing Sir Steve Smith to spearhead the UK’s strategy could see Australia lose ground, warns Tim Dunne Tim Dunne 7月 26日
Australian PM: ‘no special deal’ for universities on bailouts While universities have been made to jump through extra hoops, Scott Morrison says they are being treated like any other billion-dollar business John Ross 7月 21日
Rethink funding reforms, Australian government told Proposed university funding changes are unnecessarily complex and ‘rife with unintended consequences’, laureate professors say John Ross 7月 21日
Some staff are more equal than others Coronavirus-induced workforce shedding has exposed the chasm in Australian university employment arrangements, says John Ross John Ross 7月 20日
New Australian visa settings a ‘rare piece of good news’ Fee waivers and clarified work rights arrangements applauded, but worries that the new conditions may be too restrictive John Ross 7月 20日
Adelaide vice-chancellor departs over ‘ill health’ University’s former boss will not return from indefinite leave, as misconduct probe continues John Ross 7月 20日
Casual staff ‘not considered real workers’ as job axe falls The scant information about job losses among Australia’s insecure staff speaks volumes about how management sees them, say critics John Ross 7月 19日
We must get beyond research management-by-numbers Simplistic performance measures hold research back, says Jim McCluskey, as Melbourne becomes the first Australian university to sign up to Dora Jim McCluskey 7月 17日
Melbourne v-c: ‘narrow thinking’ risks post-pandemic recovery Universities’ breadth of viewpoints more important than ever in this ‘dark period of history’, says Melbourne v-c John Ross 7月 16日
