Permanent contracts ‘barely improve’ job security for academics Australian scholars with ongoing roles almost as fearful as casuals about being out of work John Ross 4月 28日
Student loan forgiveness ‘won’t fix main problem’ as debt swells While main parties battle over debt-wipe proposal in Australian election, critic says scale of fees is the real issue John Ross 4月 25日
AI summary ‘trashed author’s work’ and took weeks to be corrected Study findings misrepresented in experimental Q&A published with paper, amid concerns efforts to save researchers time are fuelling mistakes John Ross 4月 24日
‘Inflated’ crisis spurs another 800 job cuts Down Under Vice-chancellors say they have ‘no choice’ about downsizing, but unions question the need as 2024 accounts reveal recovery trend John Ross 4月 24日
Earth science is critical to national resilience – so why is it being gutted? Australia must fund its universities in ways that reflect their mission – not just their margins, say Rhodri Davies and Dorrit Jacob Rhodri Davies 4月 24日
Australia ‘oversimplifies’ China research collaboration risks National security U-turn ‘cutting Australia off from knowledge creation frontier’ just as US turns its back on collaboration John Ross 4月 23日
Crackdown on student protests ‘may breach free speech code’ New restrictions following pro-Palestinian encampments appear to contravene Australian universities’ commitments on free speech, says legal academic John Ross 4月 22日
UNSW scraps trimester calendar after workload complaints Three-term system ‘suited the time’, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university John Ross 4月 17日
Tailoring teaching for disabled students ‘can benefit everyone’ As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in Australian universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too John Ross 4月 17日
Australian opposition pledges money for rural health training Medical training a bright spot for the sector, in an election campaign mostly focused elsewhere John Ross 4月 16日
Tiny preschools ‘have stricter governance than universities’ Australian university council members bear far less onerous ethical and reporting obligations than volunteer mums and dads, analysis finds John Ross 4月 16日
Student loan debts ‘now a plus’ for Australian mortgage borrowers Debt forgiveness could reduce graduates’ borrowing capacity, as home ownership becomes defining issue of upcoming election John Ross 4月 15日
