Australian unis improve showing in QS Subject Index – for now

Australian universities face limited scope to increase both the number and proportion of subjects ranked in the top 50, largely due to a lack of public investment in tertiary education and research, alongside declining productivity across the broader economy.
‘The System is Creaking’: where to for academic publishing?

“We still need that magic ‘sorting hat’ to signal, at the time of publication or close to that time, which papers are likely to have major impacts, and which are solid but not world changing.” – Merlin Crossley looks at the crossroads for academic publishing.