Covid cuts ‘extraordinary opportunity’ for next-door university
Deemed surplus to needs as their university amassed a A$200 million buffer, UWA social scientists find welcome at Curtin
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Underfunding basic research is a recipe for disaster
Entrepreneurs are the new kings, but academics doing basic research are key to our future – and they need proper funding, says Brian Schmidt
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Australian equity ‘industry’ set for a shake-up
While sector welcomes significant funding injection, future shape of national centre is clouded, as is much of its past efforts
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No more ‘delays and interference’ in research grants, Labor vows
But new Australian education minister silent on sector’s calls for more spending on teaching and research
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Talking leadership 37: Barney Glover on focusing on community
The Western Sydney University vice-chancellor says sustainability is a hallmark of his institution, including its high-rise campuses
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Australian job losses ‘not driven by pandemic necessity’
Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid’s financial carnage, says report
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Parents ‘overly optimistic’ about children’s university prospects
Disadvantaged families have upbeat expectations for their offspring but underestimate the barriers, study suggests
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Interview with Malcolm Gaskill
The historian discusses ‘glimpsing the nightmares’ of early colonial Americans in his Wolfson prize-nominated book on witchcraft, and why he took early retirement from academia
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Domestic demand shows signs of softening in Australia
Universities brace as hot labour market beckons locals who kept them afloat through Covid
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Western Australia reopens to international students
Returning numbers underwhelming so far as isolated state casts off its shackles
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Chinese facial recognition scholar ‘ignored questions, went home’
AI expert re-emerges at top Chinese university as former employer finds Uighur study breached Australian research code
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Overseas students angry as Western Australia again changes rules
No apparent health rationale for ‘impossible’ new deadline, as requirements rewritten for third time in a?week
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Online teaching’s TikTok pedagogy is leading students a merry dance
Australian universities’ ongoing embrace of digital approaches is cheapening learning?– but not in a good way, says Binoy Kampmark
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UTS taps deputy Andrew Parfitt as vice-chancellor
In-house appointment breaks with trend of selecting leaders from outside the country, or outside academia
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Australian open access push goes from green to gold
While progress has been hamstrung by lack of scale or regulatory force, advocates say the time has come