National Art School head Michael Lynch calls for support
Joyce Morgan
It has been the training ground for some of Australia’s best-known artists but now the National Art School is on a knife edge as its interim administrator fights to secure its future.
As elite private schools continue to benefit from government funding, Australian education standards are sliding in global terms and politicians remain reluctant to take a stand.
Despite a campaign to develop better support services for victims of sexual assault on campus, students say universities are more concerned for their own reputation.
The Australian Christian Lobby's bid for influence
Martin McKenzie-Murray
The Australian Christian Lobby has a high profile as a religious organisation seeking to influence government policy, but are its claims of intolerance and censorship a sign it realises it is out of step with a secular society?
Q&A with Brian Schmidt, Nobel laureate and ANU’s new vice-chancellor
Hamish McDonald
As incoming vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, Nobel prize winner Brian Schmidt has a clear vision of how to take Australian achievements into the stratosphere.
Universities Australia, Clean Energy Council's lobbying lessons
Sophie Morris
It’s a high-stakes gamble for industry groups to support unpopular government policy if the senate objects, as the experience of university chiefs shows.
Christopher 'The Fixer' Pyne's bid to deregulate uni fees
Mike Seccombe
He calls himself a ‘fixer’ but Christopher Pyne’s achievements heading the Coalition’s education portfolio have done nothing to support this school of thought.
If Rupert Murdoch had put politics aside to support the education reforms he deemed urgent, Julia Gillard’s Gonski funding model might now be in place. Instead, Abbott and Pyne are restoring privilege.