Opinion
Friday 20th October 2017
New VET loan options needed
Australia should move to a blended funding model to solve a shortage of upfront finance for VET students.
Wednesday 18th October 2017
A good reform for students
Dual-sector universities are in the bizarre position of having to fight to keep the uncapping of sub-bachelor places.
PhD not enough to succeed
To thrive in an increasingly competitive environment, researchers need much more than the technical skills of a PhD.
A new approach to soft skills
Universities have been wrestling with the soft skills-graduate skills-transferable skills beast for decades.
Monday 16th October 2017
Isolated from the benefits of China
We can learn from each other and share the benefits of educational cooperation.
Wednesday 11th October 2017
Regions need local campuses
Local people’s lives are improved by access to local university education.
Data key to better courses
With national data, universities can tailor programs to help graduates and postgraduates get jobs and do well at them.
Wednesday 4th October 2017
With Kiwi cousins who needs rivals?
New Zealand’s education sector may be about to suffer a setback thanks to Winston Peters and New Zealand First.
Wednesday 27th September 2017
Expertise ripe for exploitation
Universities might have to go overseas to find partners.
Tuesday 26th September 2017
Society enters new dark age
Censorious students and online witch-hunts have joined religious dogma in challenging liberties won over centuries.
Thursday 21st September 2017
China’s student factories
We have a stake in the Chinese rush for overseas education, but what does it take for those students to make it here?
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Case for copyright change
Educators still will pay to copy content if ‘fair use’ is enacted.
‘Fair use’ infringes on rights
‘Fair use’ changes to copyright law will reduce the right of creatives to control the use of their work.
Monday 18th September 2017
Research reform puts us in front
Recent ACU appointments are not to boost scores, but as a nod to future networks.
Wednesday 6th September 2017
Higher learning a societal good
The parents of those who do go to university are also paying taxes, not just the those who don’t go to university.
Fair Work facilitates flexibility
A decision by the Fair Work commissioner to cancel the enterprise deal between Murdoch University and relevant unions could have profound ramifications.
Wednesday 30th August 2017
Expertise at your fingertips
Off-the-rack ideas from business consultancies are not the solution to the academy woes.
Wednesday 23rd August 2017
Shelve idea of ditching books
It seems irresponsible to purge books holdings when far from everything is accessible digitally.
Bachelor for advanced graduates
Sydney University will offer students undertaking a bachelor degree the option of a bachelor of advanced studies.
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Wallace named NSW’s top scientist
A researcher operating at the junction of materials science and medicine has claimed NSW’s top science award.
Cry uncle, Birmo
In HW today, we play ref with a bit of parliamentary arm-twisting, and wonder how consistent you have to be to be called consistent.
‘A new window on the universe’
JOHN ROSSIt’s a huge breakthrough in a field that has produced one of the fastest Nobel prizes, and puts Australia in the box seat.
Uni spending package shelved
STEFANIE BALOGH, BERNARD LANEThe Turnbull government has been forced to again shelve $2.8 billion in higher education savings.
Gravitational wave of excitement
john ROSS‘You have to be at the top of your game to play in this space. It is intense, time-critical science.’
Dogs know when it’s facetime
JOHN ROSSDogs’ faces become more expressive when people are looking at them, psychologists have found.
Higher ed bill blocked
Bernard LaneThe Nick Xenophon Team has rejected key elements of the government’s $2.8 billion higher education savings package.
Killed by ash? Not asp?
Tom WhippleA new study suggests that a volcanic eruption may have been responsible for bringing down Ancient Egypt’s last ruler.
War of attrition
In HW today, we make progress on completion rates, and (possibly) agitate for a general strike.
