Higher Education
HIGH WIREDThe sagas that keep dragging on
In today’s HW we deflate slightly at the possibility of having to endure certain sagas into the unforseeable future.
exclusiveUni, Brandis urged to step in
QUT students want their uni to make a clear statement about section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
EXCLUSIVE‘Audit CSIRO over climate’
An independent inquiry should be held into the CSIRO and BoM, One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says.
ALS move disturbs academic
Unspecified grounds of complaint under the Racial Discrimination Act should be tightened, says a journalism lecturer.
exclusive‘The punishment is the process’
HEDLEY THOMASAlex Wood said he had been let down by the commission and his university.
exclusiveGender training for uni students
Students at Sydney University have taken part in sexual and gender diversity training by the Safe Schools Coalition.
18C computer lab case thrown out
A racial discrimination case brought against three QUT students has been rejected by the Federal Court.
Tick for research training reforms
The federal government has tied up loose ends in its reforms to the research training system.
Why Gaga is stuck in your head
Lady Gaga is known for her outrageous outfits. Now she has a new claim to fame: the most pervasive earworms.
200 caught in mass retraction
Two hundred researchers, mainly with Iranian affiliations, have been caught up in a massive purge by two publishers.
Bugs in space go rogue
Scientists find why germs turn more dangerous in space, in a study that could help protect astronauts from superbugs.
Leading economists dump on Trump
A group of 370 economists, including eight Nobel laureates, have signed a letter warning against the election of Donald Trump.
‘No blowout in uni funding’: report
Claims that the federal government has significantly boosted funding of undergraduate places are “overblown”.
Student loan defaulters tracked down
New Zealand’s Inland Revenue has tracked down more than 10,000 student loan borrowers living in Australia.
Collision payoff at Melbourne Uni
Vice-chancellor Glyn Davis says the idea is to inform the public how research benefits their lives.
VET decline to accelerate
The government plans to slash $2.4 billion from VET FEE-HELP payments despite an increase in student numbers.
Row over foreign online teaching
University and student groups are at odds over moves to allow more online teaching of international students.
Southern Cross has ‘unique role’
Vice-chancellor Adam Shoemaker is proud of SCU’s ‘very strong impact in a small number of areas’.
Spinach leaves IEDs exposed
Spinach can be used to detect bombs — and wirelessly report back the findings to your mobile phone.
We need creativity to market unis’ message
In October, Greg Hunt said Industry was about the jobs of today, innovation about the jobs of tomorrow, and science about jobs of the future.
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Consolidate tertiary patchwork
Calls to bring together the two systems into a common architecture will at some point become irresistible.
We need creativity to market unis’ message
In October, Greg Hunt said Industry was about the jobs of today, innovation about the jobs of tomorrow, and science about jobs of the future.
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.
The sagas that keep dragging on
In today’s HW we deflate slightly at the possibility of having to endure certain sagas into the unforseeable future.
Hunt’s watertight tip?
In today’s HW we wonder whether we just got wind of some large-scale pork-barrelling and count some pennies (but don’t spend them).
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