It began – as the cliché goes – with a list on a napkin. Associate Professor Inger Mewburn, director of research training at ANU and founder of blog The Thesis Whisperer, was lunching with a colleague when the discussion turned to ...

Citizens of the lucky country can no longer rely on good fortune for prosperity – they must rely on capabilities. This is the premise of a new Mitchell Institute report. “Today the question is not if we should seek to teach young ...

International students think Canada – formerly of maple syrup and Justin Trudeau fame – tops for education. Despite the fact that most – mainly Indians – had chosen to study in Australia, they rated Canada higher on affordability, quality of ...

On Wednesday, Dancing Queen Theresa May urged her party to unite despite divergent views on Brexit. Glasweigan Professor Graham Galbraith has a similarly broad, communal message for Australian universities: think big, together. In Perth to deliver the 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Oration at Edith Cowan ...

When now-Prime Minster Scott Morrison brought a lump of coal into parliament in 2017, pleading “don’t be afraid, don’t be scared, it won’t hurt you,” he made a critical error. That is, assuming he wants the Coalition to retain power at ...

Don’t get entranced by dazzling headlines: overall, Australian university graduates are still limping towards meaningful employment. “New graduates are still less likely to get a full-time job than a decade ago…” a new Grattan report provides. Mapping Australian higher education ...

Despite Hollywood’s (increasing) portrayal of brilliantly successful autistic savants – from Rain Man to The Good Doctor – the reality of employment for those with autism is the opposite. ABS data suggests just 40 per cent of people with autism work, compared to 83 ...

I never got to know Angel*. She would appear in my journalism class sporadically, and when she did, always sat by herself. She never spoke in class, unless spoken to by the lecturer. Then, she would reply in broken English, ...

Yesterday, Xanana Gusmão’s Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP) – an opposition coalition – clinched election victory in Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Gusmão, Timor-Leste’s first and fourth Prime Minister, is commonly viewed as a national hero, due to his resistance ...

Futurist Phil Ruthven thinks the kids are more than alright. The founder of global economic and social market research firm IBISWorld and the newly formed Ruthven Institute has nearly 50 years of experience, as well as access to volumes of big ...