Interview with André Brett
Crawford Medal-winning historian on why New Zealand doesn’t have borders, big screens are a good thing and research grant applications are too long
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Interview with Helen Burt
The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs
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Asia internationalises in its own backyard
Affordable quality education and job opportunities are encouraging more Asian students to travel closer to home, reports Joyce Lau
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Attila Brungs moves across Sydney to join UNSW as v-c
Alumnus and established academic to take the helm at highly ranked university
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Short courses ‘carry risks’ as Australian universities pile in
While Australia’s new-look certificates deliver a sugar hit to institutional coffers, experts question the long-term benefits
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Step up on mental health, universities told as new levy announced
Aggrieved Victorian universities should see new mental health levy as an opportunity to harness resources, conference hears
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International students focus on open borders, not Covid caseloads
Covid safety almost a liability as Australia and New Zealand relegated?as ‘spectators’ rather than participants in international education recovery
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More Australian universities dive into the red
First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit
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Labor backs Australian drive for research commercialisation
Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ‘single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today’
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More universities planning to drop lectures after pandemic
Sector leaders question viability even when people can again gather in big crowds, with Australians leading the sceptics
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‘Student profile’ key to lectures’ future in Australia
Student demographics will guide whether universities retain or discard large-scale lectures, administrator says
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Universities claim stake in Perth city centre
Land swap paves way for new high-rise campus, as sprawl gives way to borderless city vibe
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Blacklist journals that keep research locked up, says Schmidt
Covid is no reason to ease off on demands for open knowledge, Australian forum hears
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Deborah Terry named University of Queensland vice-chancellor
Old and new home trade compliments, as former deputy calls time on six-year sojourn out west
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Open access ‘top performers’ in Africa and Latin America
Multi-source analysis of global open-access practices throws up surprises, with Europe and the US lagging behind