Nerves fray as Australian enrolments remain uncertain As classes resume on Australian campuses, anxieties persist about the year ahead – domestically, and particularly internationally John Ross 3月 3日
Study urges transparency on ‘ghost’ enrolments Students who ‘strategically’ jettison subjects early are among the least likely to complete courses, Australian research finds John Ross 3月 2日
Off-the-shelf models of university free speech need local packaging The Chicago Principles are powerful partly because they are linked to institutional history and values, say Carolyn Evans and Adrienne Stone Carolyn Evans 3月 2日
‘Top-down’ rules won’t solve free speech fears, legal experts say Universities must develop their own cultures of academic freedom rather than borrowing them, according to Australian authors John Ross 3月 1日
Australian Liberals ‘rejected founder’s higher education ideals’ Liberal politicians glorify Robert Menzies but few share his love for universities, says former Melbourne v-c Glyn Davis John Ross 3月 1日
Australia tells universities to focus on commercialising research Government encourages shift away from reliance on international student revenue, but expert questions whether this is possible John Ross 2月 26日
Australian universities ‘turn around’ Covid year finances Top-ranked Melbourne the latest to declare a surplus in the face of pandemic John Ross 2月 25日
‘Glass cliff’ pioneer aims to keep female scholars from precipice While notching up a leadership position can make a woman a role model, her treatment can be equally influential, professor says John Ross 2月 24日
Australian universities ‘singled out’ over ‘Frankenstein’ courses Chinese ministry sanctions Australia’s joint programmes even though analyses highlight endemic problems in foreign teaching collaborations John Ross 2月 23日
Students embraced in Australian dole boost Students share in small permanent increase to welfare payments John Ross 2月 23日
Teqsa to consult on timing of research quality baselines Australian reviewer who proposed benchmarks before the crisis must now decide how and when to apply them John Ross 2月 22日
Worse redundancy terms ‘key trade-off for more permanent jobs’ Australia’s post-Covid employment ‘circuit breaker’: casual professors, a revised 40/40/20 split and no more 18-month payouts John Ross 2月 21日
