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.
The University of Canberra unveils its new pitch to prospective students, but also to Government and the HE sector.
Industry Minister Tim Ayres will focus Australian researchers, workers and businesses on three key areas of strategic national priority.
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.
“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.
The Australian Research Council (ARC) announces as of July, journal articles and peer-reviewed conference papers based on its grants must be open access from pub date.
Australia’s research-intensive universities are about to get access to Europe’s flagship research treasure chest, starting next year.
Industry Minister Tim Ayres has claimed the mantle of nation-builders for Labor over three generations in his pitch for the Government’s new R&D plan
Students with poor mental health and wellbeing are up to five times more likely to seriously consider dropping out, but curriculum, teaching and study support make a difference, Chi Baik and Uni Melbourne colleagues explain in a new report.
Valuable insights into changes in ranking systems and research performance metrics from the desk of strategic expert Angel Calderon.
The research funding system is in danger of becoming an AI slop hellscape, with AI-assisted applications screened by AI bots. New approaches are required, writes Adrian Barnett.
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