UA Chief Resigns
by TIM WINKLER After five years at the helm of Universities Australia, Catriona Jackson has announced her resignation. Ms Jackson released a statement late yesterday afternoon announcing that she her […]
Is India the world’s next top knowledge power?
India is rapidly growing access to education and has the second largest number of enrolments in the world. While Australian commentators have long focused on the rise in quality and […]
Unis that collect research dividends
Australian universities and research institutions generated $307m and held $945m in research contracts with for-profit companies last year, according to a survey of 55 participants by Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA). […]
New scrutiny of international student levy idea
A levy on universities income from international student fees was floated in the Universities Accord. Christopher Ziguras (Uni Melbourne) and Gwilym Croucher (Uni Melbourne) address the issues, in a new […]
Management 101: identifying the help students need
What accounts for student success, or not, in first year management subjects is worth universities knowing, notably in the case of internationals who pay high fees which funds rankings-lifting research. […]
Jason Clare shows good(ish) policy is good politics
Months ahead of the Universities Accord final report the government is lining up the legislative ducks and political drakes The Senate Employment and Education Legislation Committee recommends passage of the […]
Beyond the Accord: the who and how of graduate employability
Staff working in the ‘third space’ of graduate employability occupy non-traditional career pathways yet are central to facilitating strategies that directly enhance students’ work-readiness. Their contributions to higher education practice […]
The Week that Was (October 19)
Universities Australia Chief Executive, Catriona Jackson will leave at year end. “The decision to resign the leadership of Universities Australia was not an easy one to make,” she said last night. […]
Appointments & Achievements (October 19 2023)
Michelle Lincoln has been appointed DVC A at Uni Canberra. She moves up from ED Health at the university. Fergus McLachlan is Uni Sydney’s senior advisor on defence and national […]
Committee approval brings Adelaide uni closer
The proposed merger of Uni Adelaide and Uni SA is closer, with a committee inquiry by the state’s upper house reporting Tuesday, it “will advance the economic and social interests […]