Another government review involving higher education is fine, says Universities Australia. Just make sure it takes the opportunity to integrate international education into a slew of broader reforms. In one of the last submissions to an upcoming review of the ...
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Apart from being almost cashless a glaring omission from the strategy, from the sector's perspective, is an explicit commitment to extend Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs) from three to four years, writes Susan Woodward Innovation will lift Australia from its productivity ...
More »Chubb gets Australia's top science job
From VC to chief scientist, Professor Ian Chubb still has much to offer the higher education sector. The kicker at the launch of a long-awaited national research workforce strategy garnered more sector approval than the policy itself this week. Speaking ...
More »DEEWR sits on research student data
The sector wants to see long overdue findings from the largest study of Australian HDR students ever conducted. On the eve of a new plan to address the nation’s urgent research workforce needs, the federal government is yet to publicise ...
More »Research students pessimistic about careers in Australia
A survey of 12,000 Australian PhD students uncovers some surprising findings on workforce aspirations. More than half of all Australian research students want an academic career in this country but are pessimistic about their chances. That’s one of the major ...
More »Get beyond ATAR: Go8
A new report shows how Australian universities can open their doors to a greater diversity of students. But the change won't be easy.
More »New research will focus on WA coast
UWA and the Spanish National Research Council have agreed to collaborate in four disciplines.
More »Universities miss mark on gender equity
Universities Australia intercedes as the long fight for equitable employment of women in higher education's top jobs enters new territory. New interventions are under way to lift the number of female academics in the nation's universities as it becomes clear ...
More »Quality assurance leader off to Middle East
As higher ed moves to a new quality assurance framework, the United Arab Emirates snaps up Australia's QA guru. Dr David Woodhouse has walked a thin line in Australian higher education. As founder and executive director of the nation's pre-eminent ...
More »Research workforce strategy imminent but funding 'unlikely'
One of the sector's worst fears about the federal government's upcoming research workforce strategy seems well founded. The federal government's long-anticipated research workforce strategy will be released on April 19 - devoid of a funding commitment. Research and Innovation Minister ...
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