AI Age Makes It Essential To Reclaim HE’s Purpose

“Today, knowledge finds you. It lives in your pocket. It finishes your sentences. It writes your essays. And students no longer ask, “Where do I go to learn?” but “Why go at all?”
Med Research Institutes Want Billion Back

Medical Research Institutes areespecially exercised that the Medical Research Future Fund doles out more cash – asking for $1bn a year instead of the present $650m per annum.
The Week That Was

A roundup of the latest news you can’t afford to miss relating to Australian HE
Response to What Gen AI Exposes About Written Assessment

Australia’s Science Deans respond to an article by CSU AI lead Mark Bassett – arguing that renewal of existing assessment practices should occur alongside new approaches.
Science Seeks Seats in Room Where It Happens

The Academy of Science wants its constituents to have top level access, by “bolstering” the National Science Advisory Council and elevating the Chief Scientist to a Prime Ministerial adviser.