Australia cracks down on international education scams Observers welcome efforts to tackle visa fraud but say new compliance efforts must be ‘robust’ John Ross 10月 3日
Hiccups plague Universities Accord ‘priority’ measures With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but John Ross 10月 2日
‘Massive’ fees shake-up fails to reshape student course choices Accord panel should take note that fee changes ‘don’t change behaviour’, researcher urges John Ross 9月 29日
World Academic Summit: generational nostalgia clouds universities’ ‘social licence’ Universities must focus on the student experience, but they also must clarify what students want that experience to be John Ross 9月 28日
World University Rankings 2024: Australian elite falters While Covid has perforated the rankings bubble of the front runners, better commercial engagement and refined research measures have boosted much of the middle tier John Ross 9月 27日
World University Rankings 2024: Australia over-achieves in research European nations have the highest research income levels, but Hong Kong and Australia surpass them in research productivity Tiya Thomas-Alexander 9月 27日
World Academic Summit: metrics and AI ‘can produce a better ERA’ While the process to replace Excellence in Research for Australia is a ‘black box’ exercise, new evaluation mechanisms hold promise John Ross 9月 27日
World Academic Summit: ‘killing’ projects ‘helps multidisciplinary research' Research ecosystems need some ‘apoptosis’ as some cells emerge and others fade away, summit hears John Ross 9月 27日
Regional universities can hold their own, deputy v-c insists Think twice before pushing bush campuses into national institution or shotgun marriages with research elite, says Chris Hutchison Chris Havergal 9月 27日
World Academic Summit: foisting SDGs on academics ‘abdicates political responsibility’ ‘The real world doesn’t come neatly compartmentalised,’ summit hears, in exploration of the ‘unique’ strengths of multidisciplinary research John Ross 9月 26日
World Academic Summit: indigenous engagement ‘must be more than accidental’ Admission and retention of under-represented students must not rest on the goodwill of a few ‘teachers and role models’, Sydney summit hears John Ross 9月 26日
Ex-Intel vice-president to lead Australian National University Cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell, a former Intel vice-president, will succeed Brian Schmidt at start of 2024 Chris Havergal 9月 26日