Stop talking about VC pay – it’s a shiny distraction

If you care about higher education, it’s time to set aside your naked jealousy and stop publicly carping about Vice-Chancellors’ pay packets. Feel free to obsess in your private time, […]
The Week That Was (3 May)

Next financial year repayment rates for HELP loans are announced with a 5.6 per cent increase in the threshold for each income band. The starter salary is $54,434, up from […]
Cementing Indigenous self-determination in Australian universities

Increased enrolments of Indigenous people and new approaches to self-determination outlined in the Accord are welcome, but the sector has a responsibility to do more. Alongside the aspiration for greater […]
Victorian university annual reports: better but not great

Reports for 2023 were tabled in State Parliament this week. Overall results demonstrate universities are recovering from the Pandemic, but there are problems ahead unless enrolments keep improving – new […]