Inadequate regulation and compliance might be copping much of the blame for the problems in international education. But education and training still suffer from “excessive and duplicative reporting requirements”, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission. The sector ...
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Letter from America
Journal debates The nature of academic publishing is changing rapidly and young humanities academics are struggling to find their place, writes Toby Miller. I just spent a couple of days with (predominantly) junior faculty in Salt Lake City, the Mormonic ...
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Australia’s institutional and governmental commitment to mobility is paying off, writes Rob Malicki. Small changes in the way we measure things can sometimes make a big difference. In the case of the mobility of Australian students, a decision by Open ...
More »Harvard makes a DASH for open access
The wisdom of some of the world’s best researchers is now freely available following another step toward open access by Harvard University. Last week, the university launched its digital access to scholarship at Harvard (DASH) – a university-wide, open-access repository ...
More »The future of the humanities
Practice-led research is changing how we approach humanities research. Now we need to consider what this might mean for ways in which the humanities evolve in universities, says Graeme Harper. Universities in Australia and Britain discuss it regularly, though the ...
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Chubb, CSIRO ride high on best-paid list ANU vice-chancellor Professor Ian Chubb is the sixth-best-paid Commonwealth public servant, according to a list compiled by crikey.com. with a remuneration package of around $985,000 – miles ahead of the best-paid politician (Kevin ...
More »Academics conflicted in attitudes to role in uni marketing
In a study that could be instructive for Australian universities, Israeli academics are torn by conflicting attitudes towards the marketing of their universities and their own roles in that marketing process. h; and to achieve that, we needed to develop ...
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Internet studies provides plenty of scope for researchers to stake new ground, writes Beverley Head. Internet studies represent a great way for young academics to carve out a stellar reputation. This is the considered opinion of Dr Vicki Nash, director ...
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Attracting more women into engineering, reducing attrition and building linkages with VET are just some of the challenges facing the discipline, writes Peter Dowd. Engineering, science and technology provide the foundation for the industries that are vital to Australia’s economic ...
More »EIF success is simple: Clark
Winning funding from the third round of the EIF is pretty simple: meet the criteria, says EIF chair Philip Clark. "It’s also wise to focus on quality, accentuate the economic and job creation implications, consider a joint project with a ...
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