Appointments and Achievements (20 March)
Fleur Johns is the new Dean and Head of Uni Sydney’s law school, she moves from UNSW. Carlo Marra is appointed PVC Health Sciences at Curtin U. He moves from […]
Unis Aus makes a (somewhat) new case for funding
Researchers believe government would sign blank funding cheques if only voters knew the wonders they work on. Universities Australia has had cracks at campaigns advertising science gee-whizzery on that assumption, […]
Working from home: less privilege more right
Working from home two or three days a week does not reduce productivity and is preferred by most office workers, according to the Fair Work Commission, which wonders whether it […]
New international AI Council focuses on HE
A new international group focused on shaping the way AI is used in HE around the world has been established from a base in Singapore, claiming that AI is one […]
Memo to strategists: time to stop overpromising
In 1668, Thomas Hobbes wrote scientia potentia est – knowledge is power. If one keeps reading, what he said was – scientia potentia est, sed parva – knowledge is a […]