Data breach disclosure
Data relating to around 7,500 people was hacked and their private information stolen in a data breach at Western Sydney University. The security breach was announced yesterday, just over a […]
Appointments and Achievements (22 May)
The committee to advise on the legislation to establish the Australian Tertiary Education Commission is, Tony Cook (DoE) chair * Tom Calma (former Uni Canberra chancellor) * Jenny Dodd (TAFE […]
Caps threaten Aust uni rankings
The global rankings season gets started in earnest next month. QS will release its 2025 World University Rankings (WUR) on 4 June, then Times Higher Education (THE) will release its […]
Choosing calm in the face of uncertainty
If you ask commentators about higher education, you’ll often get alarming statements: the world is changing fast, disruption is looming, interest in degrees is declining, your business model is broken, […]
Pro-Palestine camps: staying, going and who knows
Late Friday University of Queensland Chancellor Peter Varghese “reaffirmed” that freedom of expression is “a foundational principle” for the university, but “antisemitism and other hate speech has no place on […]
Arts and social science research undervalued in ARC funding
Times are horrible for HASS students, what with the government leaving in place the Coalition-created super-premium fees most of their students pay ($16,200 a year in HELP debt, compared to […]
Employers happy even if QILT is not
The HE world may appear to be hell-bound in a handbasket, but the employability of Australian graduates isn’t. The 2023 survey of employer satisfaction reports that 90 per cent plus […]