Higher Education
Global fame goes against grain
JULIE HAREGraham Farquhar is Australia’s first winner of the prestigious Kyoto Prize.
Higher ed college deregistered
JOHN ROSSThe higher education arm of failed training chain Careers Australia has had its registration cancelled.
Aussie plant scientist wins Kyoto Prize
JULIE HAREGraham Farquhar has become the first Australian to ever be awarded a Kyoto Prize.
China probes fraud by cancer researchers
China is investigating claims of academic fraud involving mostly Chinese cancer researchers after more than 100 articles were withdrawn.
US rewrites rules for student loans
The US Education Department will change two key Obama-era rules governing student loan forgiveness in cases involving fraud and misconduct by universities.
Uni refuses to return spears
Rosemary NeillCambridge University has rejected a demand for the return of Aboriginal spears collected by Captain James Cook.
HIGH WIREDA picture is worth 1000 words
In today’s High Wired we linger in front of a stunningly beautiful portrait of higher ed’s power couple.
Quantum leap to catch hackers on the hop
JOHN ROSSBreakthroughs in “quantum” communications could lead to unhackable networks in as little as five years.
‘Beatings put student in coma’
US authorities received intelligence indicating student Otto Warmbier was tortured by the North Koreans.
Law confronts brave new world
Four experts discuss the impact on legal education of the growing use of computer programs in the law.
Uni power couple in the frame
JULIE HAREGlyn Davis and Margaret Gardner are the ultimate power couple, with a 30-year union unparalleled anywhere.
Red tape cut with copyright changes
JULIE HAREReforms to copyright laws will remove red tape and barriers to providing educational content for disabled students.
Faust to step down from Harvard
SCOTT JASCHIKDrew Faust has announced that she will step down as president of Harvard University at the end of June 2018.
QUT transfers Caboolture to USC
JULIE HAREUSC will soon have six campuses after it was announced QUT’s Caboolture campus will be transferred.
Missing Year 12 costs billions
STEFANIE BALOGHYoung Australians who are not learning or earning and remain disengaged leave an enormous fiscal and social drag in their wake.
Paws for thought
In today’s High Wired, we ponder the power of quiet symbolism and join the lobbying effort for an ANU version of Handsome Dan.
Freed US student in coma
An American student who fell into a coma while imprisoned in a North Korean labour camp returned to the US yesterday.
Paint can convert fog into fuel
JOHN ROSSResearchers have created a paint that converts water vapour into hydrogen, opening the door to fuel from fog.
Rolling Stone pays over rape story
Rolling Stone has agreed to pay $2.19m to a University of Virginia fraternity to settle a defamation lawsuit.
Nobel winner among worst-paid
JULIE HAREANU head Brian Schmidt earned a salary package of $600,000 last year, $360,000 less than his predecessor.
Donation funds centre for statelessness
ANDREW TROUNSONOver 10 million people are stateless but a new centre at Melbourne University will provide research and expertise on the complex area.
ANU head earns $360k less
JULIE HAREANU head and Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt earned a salary package of $600,000 in 2016, $360,000 less than his predecessor.
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OPINION
HECS level divides best minds
JOHN BYRONIt is unjustified to lower the repayment threshold below the average wage. It is also economically counterproductive.
Mortarboards off to Harvard
NICHOLAS WHITLAMThe Harvard graduation ceremony is surely a logistical nightmare but is a truly memorable for all who participate.
Learning gets real with internships
ATTILA BRUNGSStudents and business both benefit from internships: students through a taste of real work, business through new ideas.
A picture is worth 1000 words
In today’s High Wired we linger in front of a stunningly beautiful portrait of higher ed’s power couple.
Paws for thought
In today’s High Wired, we ponder the power of quiet symbolism and join the lobbying effort for an ANU version of Handsome Dan.
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Julie Hare
Editor
Canberra Bureau, Australia
Julie has spent 15 years specialising as an education journalist. An arts graduate from the University of Newcastle, she has won numerous awards for writing and editing. harej@theaustralian.com.au (02) 9288 2460 Twitter @harejulie -
John Ross
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
John joined the Higher Education Section in 2011. A communications graduate from UTS, he has won several National Press Club awards including 2010 Higher Education Journalist of the Year. rossj@theaustralian.com.au (02) 9288 1637 Twitter @JohnRoss49