National precedent for casual conversion set by WSU
Western Sydney U have appointed 30 casual staff to ongoing academic roles, with 120 more to come by December 2024. The first starters are in engineering, medicine, business and social […]
Diligence at the Deep End
A cluster foxtrot How much students will pay and institutions receive by subject cluster for 2024 is still not known (but it’s a fair bet that the hated Job Ready […]
A new way to slice the SA research pie
The South Australian Productivity Commission backs the proposed merger of the universities of Adelaide and SA, calling it, “sound economic policy” with “the potential to play an important role in […]
Latest rankings reinforce Go8 lead
Uni Melbourne is Australia’s number one in the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities – 35th in the world, effectively stable on last year’s 32. The rest of the Australian […]
Mountain of qualification challenges obstruct skills vision
The O’Kane Accord proposes “an aligned tertiary system,” where transitions between VET and HE are “as seamless as possible,” but a huge amount of work lies ahead in the immediate […]
Balance is elusive but critical for HE leaders
Rather than seeking right answers, getting balances right is the challenge that most leaders face. One challenge is the balance between competition and cooperation. As I’ve grown older, I have […]
Ways researchers can tap the wisdom of crowd
Crowdfunding was a big opportunity for Australian academics who were game to have a go at research that might not make it through peer-review. It was citizen science at its […]
Team WA beefs up research strength in ag
Will mergers and alliances be the new trend for the 20s, as institutions seek to achieve scale and influence, adapting to changes in the international student market post-COVID and the […]