Australia faced a dramatic decline in domestic research student numbers by almost 20% (3,759) between 2015 and 2024 in Go8 universities, according to fresh insights from data-master Frank Larkins (Uni Melbourne).
Appointments & Achievements in Australian Higher Education.
A new paper proposes a framework to better demonstrate and evaluate what a student has learned, making assessment more relevant and defensible.
Universities have made submissions to a select committee on productivity – with a focus on what the Government should stop doing to them, rather than what they can do themselves.
University leaders are under renewed attack from politicians, media and the industry union.
There has been a tsunami of work policing the use of AI in HE assessment, but far less casting insight on how AI use makes students feel.
Fundraising milestones are a cause for celebration and sometimes self-congratulation at many institutions, but after reaching their $125 m goal, Griffith’s advancement team say they are just getting started.
The Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) is about to be in business, with the Senate passing legislation late Monday.
Key awards and achievements in Australian HE this week.
Queensland’s Vice-Chancellors did not score pay rises last year. Jacqui Lambie had something to do with that.
If we can agree that consultants are just a name for the outsiders you probably don’t like, we can all move onto the real problem. The problems at the heart of the ‘consultancy’ issue are procurement, contract management and reporting transparency.
Universities Australia aims to work more closely with students, unions and business to achieve better outcomes, as the sector faces a challenging year.
University annual reports were tabled in State Parliament on Friday. The overall results mostly point to post-pandemic positives.
Universities will cop a reputational whammy from a Senate committee inquiry that no one seems to have seen coming.
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