Globalisation is dead, long live international education
For those of us who came of age during the heyday of globalisation, it is perhaps difficult to comprehend that it is over. Australian universities – with the explicit backing […]
Change, belonging and salvation in a dead man’s suit
In 22 variable and sometimes quite astonishing years in the higher education sector, I had probably my strangest moment this year. We had walked into the library of the College […]
The Week That Was (13 December)
“To go boldly where … .” Jason Clare came over all Captain Kirk, visiting that strange new world, the Department of Education’s Canberra office on Monday. According to DoE (via […]
A national skills taxonomy: too hard , too soon
Whoever comes up with a framework that can accommodate skills, qualifications and training will shape post-school education systems, or if the ambitious have their way, system. Jobs and Skills Australia […]
Last Future Campus for 2024
A big thank you to you, our contributors and readers who have supported Future Campus, provided valuable feedback and crafted a treasure trove of insightful stories during 2024. This is […]
Union escalates ANU crisis
After weeks of uproar over announced staff cuts at the Australian National University, the campus union is demanding Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell’s head, calling on the university council to dismiss her, […]
Appointments and Acheivements (11 December)
The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) has named its Executive Committee for 2025 including President Michael Cowling (CQU) Vice-President Elaine Huber (USyd), Treasurer Sandra Barker […]
Way for VET to share higher education’s lunch
Peak workforce planner Jobs and Skills Australia suggests a ten year process to create one post-school system with VET and HE sectors. Commissioner Barney Glover and JSA Special Advisor Peter […]
Uni Melbourne pays staff what they are owed
The University of Melbourne is completing payment of $72m to staff it underpaid, plus making a $600,000 contrition payment to the Commonwealth Government as part of a comprehensive agreement with […]
No more NZ funding for humanities research
Humanities and social science researchers have been banned from the New Zealand Government’s Marsden Fund. However, Science Minister Judith Collins says “blue-sky research” stays; “the type that advances new ideas […]