
CSU backs a better ATEC
After months of HE sector-wide criticism of legislation to create the regulator, Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor Renée Leon backed it Tuesday.

After months of HE sector-wide criticism of legislation to create the regulator, Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor Renée Leon backed it Tuesday.

Part 2 of Sean Brawley’s potted history of university governance in Australia and beyond.

Even when there is “sufficient coverage” in defence capability research – as per AUKUS – access to funding for academics and industry is “not always straightforward, visibility is scarce and fragmentation systemic.”

When the Senate committee inquiry into the ATEC founding legislation takes evidence on Friday, it will not be an endorse-a-thon; at least if the Liberals have anything to do with it.

Australia’s universities should move to a new system of democratic governance, handing extensive power to current academic staff to guide institutions forward, in a bold change proposed by two eminent legal scholars.

What might a university actually look like if it were led and governed by academic staff to a much greater extent than today?

AI detection tools are unfair and mean institutions avoid what they must, “rethink” assessment design, academic integrity and assessment as artificial intelligence technologies continue to develop.


HDR students are the backbone of Australia’s research workforce, but the stipend for many falls below the poverty line. National President of the PG student association CAPA, Jesse Gardner-Russell spells out an opportunity to boost productivity without breaking the bank

UNE has a new strategic plan, with measurable objectives focusing on remaining small by with a vast vision and commitment to excellence.

“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?”

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.

A roundup of the latest news you can’t afford to miss relating to Australian HE

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.

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.

“Reimagining a university without walls, then, is not merely about dissolving physical boundaries; it is about reclaiming the university as an ethical and intellectual commons, as a space where curiosity, dissent, and care can thrive.”
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