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Monthly Archives: August 2011

End of the line

Columnist Richard Hil takes a look at what can happen if academics are pushed too far by endless change and mounting regulation After years of complaining bitterly about excessive workloads, stress, over-regulation, diminished status and poor pay compared to workers ...

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Over to you

For some, reflecting on issues then and now, there was a strong sense of déjà vu – funding problems, research pressures, student/teacher ratios, unsettled governance and uncertainty about the future. Yet, like revisiting the town in which you grew up, ...

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Research knows no bounds but money

When Jennifer Byrne completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 1993, she felt the compulsion to start her postdoctoral life overseas. With an NHMRC C.J. Martin Fellowship under her belt, the molecular biologist headed to France to work ...

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Changed, changed utterly

We all think that our career patterns are unique and most of us, particularly early on, can see the barriers to success rather than the opportunities. Many people will argue that you will do well if the industry is stable ...

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Advocates and detractors

It is unwise for politicians to enter the research policy arena without a firm grasp of history. You can learn that truth the hard way in Senate Estimates. The relationship between parliament and the research sector is not deeply understood, ...

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Looking backwards to tomorrow

From the vantage point of Australian higher education in 2011, the sector of twenty years ago is another world.  There are points of connection with 1991, as with a parallel universe. But much has altered in higher education, in policy, ...

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