Virtual Freedom Ride gathers momentum for Voice Vote
Half a century after students helped change the course of Australian history by hopping onto a bus and campaigning for support for the 1967 referendum, students have again stepped forward, […]
Science policy for pollies
Some 26 MPs and senators have their own expert STEM advisers, thanks to peak lobby Science and Technology of Australia which has matched scientists to Commonwealth parliamentarians for two years […]
Aus way behind the White House on open access
The Biden Administration expands open access – the reasons why apply here. The US Department of Energy is expanding open access to the “thousands of research papers” it supports annually […]
Video games courses: teaching an art form or learning a trade?
UNSW and partners have $1m from the latest CRC Projects round, for AI to “advance cloud gaming,” which is not, as it sounds, wagering on nephology. Rather, it is about […]
The case for working from home just got easier
Commonwealth public servants will be able to work full-time, with a “bias to yes” in managements considering requests – so will workers at Uni Sydney. The new enterprise agreement at […]
New VC for Avondale
Former University of Melbourne exec Professor Kerri-Lee Krause has been named the new Vice-Chancellor and President of Avondale University. The University said Professor Krause, who has been leading Avondale as […]
Build it and they won’t come – the conceit of supplier-centric reform
After footy training, my son regularly walks into our local Woolies with no shoes. I often pop in covered in paint or dirt or grass, depending on what jobs the […]
What’s in a name? Quite a lot as it happens
Names often have profound impacts. When it comes to animals, simple descriptive names, such as the red-backed spider work well. Though arguably the name of its American cousin, which lacks a red […]
The big Accord idea: lifelong learning a reality
The Universities Accord team propose a coherent tertiary system to enable realisation of their big idea; a “universal learning entitlement, “that helps all Australians access high-quality tertiary education” and “make […]
Clare opens doors, but major reforms await
There was a big tick for access and equity in yesterday’s announcement of Interim Accord measures, but decisions on major structural reform await. University managements will wait to year end […]