Torrens U wants High Court to hear pay case

Torrens U has applied for special leave to appeal to the High Court in a case on payments for casual academics.

Once In A Generation Change For HE Means It Is Really Time To Talk

The combination of compacts, ongoing pressure on onshore enrolment numbers, increased scrutiny of domestic student experiences, JRG, AI responses, a difficult and unpredictable economic and social environment nationally and internationally, changes in graduate demand and expectations and an unfunded vision for national tertiary transformation all suggest that we are in the midst of once-in-a-generation change for HE.

AI already does “mass lecture + content + exam” better than universities: VC

Inertia, rather than AI, is potentially the biggest threat to universities right now, Vice-Chancellor of James Cook University Simon Biggs believes.

Everyone agrees Job-ready Graduates Has Failed. So Why Hasn’t It Been Fixed?

There aren’t many issues in higher education where the entire sector lines up, but reforming the Job-ready Graduates Package is one of them. The real question is no longer whether the policy should change – it’s why it hasn’t already.

Appointments & Acheivements

Major moves and news on gongs from the past week in Australian HE.