It appears the higher education establishment is wondering if that distant sound is the tumbrils on their way.
Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science 2025 Fellows are, * Gary Anderson (Uni Melbourne) * Tracy Burrows (Uni Newcastle)M * Jayesh Desai (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) * Valsamma Eapen (UNSW) * Gregory Fox (Uni Sydney * Peter Gibbs (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) * John Greenwood (Baker Heart
India is ranked 10th in the world in knowledge production in the Traditional edition of Leiden’s most recent rankings, but fifth in the open edition – demonstrating a deepening divide in rankings outcomes driven by Open Access uptake.
In the United States, business funds 36% of basic research – the Australian Academy of Science warns this is very bad indeed.
Universities should provide PhD graduates with generic skills training to help them with work outside the academy, according to a new report.
Critical thinking equips students to question, compare, and critique, however, most academic settings often leave it suspended in abstraction.
Jason Clare has charged the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education to consider “how Australia can build Asia capability across the life course, from early learning through to tertiary education and into the workforce.”
The new operating model being implemented by displaced ‘phoenix’ universities in Ukraine directly related to Emeritus Professor Heller’s 2022 model for ‘distributed universities’ that proposed a range of reforms to reduce access inequality, he said.
Deputy monarch of Jobs and Skills Australia Megan Lilly has made a strong case for killing off the term ‘soft skills’.
Vocational Education and Training has been the poor cousin of Australia’s tertiary sector – literally and figuratively – for a long time and Australia’s TAFE leader has now asked if it is time to wave goodbye to VET.
The National Tertiary Education Union has shut down discussion on the university adopting the block teaching model at the University of Canberra.
A new National Research Infrastructure Roadmap is due next year and the Department of Education is asking for input on five priority areas
Far from being objects of pity, the staff and students of at least 40 universities displaced by Russian occupation in Ukraine have demonstrated resilience, collaboration and tested new boundaries of what a university is and how it should operate – with significant implications for Australia.
Academy of Science says Australia is at the science policy crossroads – and its not a good place to be.
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