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Australian university staff now in chaos: No idea what will happen after December 31
Imagine not knowing whether your job will exist after the holidays. The anxiety of wondering whether you should …
Budget 2024: The government must support universities, students – and research
This is the third in a series of posts on the 2024 Budget. Today: higher education by the …
How universities have become big business
Australian public universities have undergone extensive policy reforms since the 1980s, driven by neoliberal ideologies that emphasise free …
Refugee Week: Why universities could – and how they should – offer refuge
Every year, a fraction of the world’s forcibly-displaced people get the opportunity to resettle in one of the main refugee-resettling countries, including Australia. Refugees escape war and violence and search for a place to rebuild their lives. Access to and success in higher education supports refugee integration. However, while access to higher education is around …
Universities Accord: Why this urgent deadline is mission (almost) impossible
Every year Job-ready Graduates continues, with the top student contribution now above $15,000 a year, students charged this amount sink further into a debt that will take them many years, and potentially decades, to pay off. …
We asked academics to be real about work. Here are our new findings
My children were two and three years old in March of 2020 when Sydney went into its first COVID-19 lockdown. At the time, I was in an education-focussed leadership role but also still teaching and conducting research. I was supporting my colleagues as they pivoted to online learning at the same time as helping implement …
O’Shea: All I want for higher education now and tomorrow
Fresh from delivering a widely-applauded keynote at this year’s HERDSA conference, “Fragility or tenacity? Equity and participation in …
Ditch the widgets. Start investing in their amazing futures
The cost of teaching a student from a low SES background is significantly higher than for more advantaged …
Is this now the Federal government’s most bone-headed idea ever?
Apparently international PhD students in Australia now have to seek ministerial approval to change their thesis topic or …