Science isn’t the only field with a leaky gender pipeline – economics suffers similar issues. As Danielle Wood, an economist, Grattan Institute fellow and chair of the newly established Women in Economics Network, points out, women account for 35–45 per ...
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The federal government has repackaged and reiterated the National Innovation and Science Agenda that was announced in November 2015, with a National Science Statement delivered by Arthur Sinodinos in a keynote speech today. In his address to the National Press ...
More »NTEU accuses VU of manufacturing a deficit
Victoria University has been accused of having a “manufactured deficit” to justify sweeping workforce restructures, a claim that university management has firmly denied. Paul Adams, president of the National Tertiary Education Union’s VU branch, said the 115 job losses that ...
More »OECD touts mums’ economic potential
You don’t often see a positive spin on unemployment figures. In this case, however, mums have cause to smile. The OECD has tipped them as the single largest potential contributor to Australia’s workforce. In a report, Connecting People with Jobs, ...
More »VU cuts 115 jobs to make way for First Year College
Victoria University has confirmed that 115 jobs will be cut throughout the year as it establishes its planned First Year College. VU provost and deputy vice-chancellor professor Kerri-Lee Krause said 115 staff members “will exit the university over the course ...
More »Unis struggling to define innovation: report
What is innovation? According to the editor of a new report calling for the modernisation of higher education, this is a question the sector is yet to answer. Dr Rod Gutierrez, director of higher education strategy at business consultancy Lee ...
More »UA criticises Trump’s revised travel ban
It’s likely US President Donald Trump will continue to be the conversation topic of choice within higher education, as he issued his revised travel ban today. In an executive order, Trump has banned citizens of Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria ...
More »University education set to cost even more: ASG
The cost of going to university has risen dramatically and is set to inflate even further, new research from the Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) has shown. The ASG Planning for University Index, which modeled the rising costs of higher education ...
More »Joyce, Birmingham announce regional education review
The federal government is undertaking a review to form a policy blueprint for helping country students have the same educational opportunities as their city counterparts. Federal education minister Simon Birmingham said that around one-third of country students don’t complete Year ...
More »Australia’s rust belts could host the ‘smartest places on earth’
Converting rust belts into brain belts. That’s how Dutch economist and author Antoine van Agtmael describes the process of transitioning a nation’s economy from an uncompetitive manufacturing or resources base to one that thrives off the products developed by a ...
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