Opinion
Wednesday 26th October 2016
Price caps hurt VET quality
Access to subsidised schemes should be based on outcomes, not on whether they operate in the public or private sector.
PhDs make good business sense
Research training in any discipline nurtures a skill that may be a valuable leadership attribute.
Saturday 15th October 2016
Rape culture hysteria on horizon
The scene is set for exaggerated claims of sexual violence at Australia’s universities.
Wednesday 12th October 2016
Regimen for a healthier system
We need a training pathway that allows medical students to pursue a career in research in tandem with clinical practice.
Tuesday 11th October 2016
Top unis absent from panel
Education Minister Simon Birmingham’s newly announced talkfest is poorly constituted and comes too late.
Wednesday 5th October 2016
‘Youth bulge’ to mass movement
There is an opportunity in front of us to unlock the potential in young people all around the world.
Female talent wasted
To have a gap in realising women’s opportunity is a stain on the industry.
Wednesday 28th September 2016
Brains trust has to decide
Gazing down the barrel of history, it’s clear that brain science is unique in the speed of its current progress.
Lost at sea amid unread articles
Health research must be shared effectively to have value.
Tuesday 27th September 2016
Like giving recipes to Nigella
There is a real cultural shift occurring at Australian universities and the technology universities are leading the charge.
Wednesday 21st September 2016
Run dodgy trainers off the rails
The VET system is in urgent need of a complete overhaul.
Nothing national in VET
Aside from VET FEE-HELP, there has been no apparent interest from Canberra on the next funding agreement.
Break down the IP barriers
Road to success is one that allows open access to discoveries.
Wednesday 14th September 2016
Surpluses no pointer to health
A 20 per cent cut is not sustainable under current circumstances.
Wednesday 7th September 2016
Education based on what works
A new report on evidence-based learning is vital, but will the establishment notice?
To thrive, think scientifically
RICHARD JOHNCrucial aspects of why science subjects are important for us all are being overlooked in the STEM debate.
Liberal hostility to humanities
The Watt review’s terms of reference made it a rigged process.
Forging indigenous intelligentsia
We need more indigenous academics in Australian universities, providing positive role models.
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Pridham donates $5m to UniSA
VERITY EDWARDSInvestment banker and Sydney Swans chair Andrew Pridham will today donate $5 million to his alma mater, UniSA.
He’s got history
Richard GuilliattGeoffrey Blainey is rewriting history in his latest books – and quietly defending his reputation.
Uni philanthropy on the rise
JULIE HAREA new survey shows universities received a record $540 million in 2015 as the number of donors and bequests rises
Barking mad
In today’s High Wired, we wonder why the world has gone to the dogs and doff our caps to Honi Soit
Crater clue to what came after
JOHN ROSSScientists have resurrected the knockout punch that created a lunar ‘bull’s eye’.
Swifter, higher and much longer
JOHN ROSSIt is the speed freak of the avian world. Now the common swift has set the incredible record for long-haul flight.
Magnets to help detect disease
PAIGE TAYLORResearchers have invented a prototype that detects the early stages of a devastating parasitic disease.
Go8 opens China jobs portal
JULIE HAREThe Group of Eight has now released an online Chinese-based jobs portal to help returning graduates get a job.
Hollow and fighting words
In today’s High Wired we double take at the insinuation unis are just the same — deep down — as VET FEE-HELP rorting dodgy college owners.
University to translate big data
Chris GriffithThe University of Sydney has launched a centre that takes raw digital information and tries to make sense of it.
