The Go8 has been slammed again for its equity record, but do the claims hold up under scrutiny, asks Ben O’Neill. The latest round of hand-wringing over alleged inequity in Australian universities, with smear terms thrown at elite institutions (CR, ...

Universities are still waiting for an indication of how the government intends to proceed with mission-based funding compacts. The time to reveal more is nigh, writes David Battersby. S ince first being proposed by the Labor Opposition in 2006, the ...

It is imperative that Australia sustain excellence in research, but the question is how, says Michael Gallagher. ng research active whatever that might mean. The structure of diversity should be cost-effective for Australia but not limit individual academic staff to ...

There is now a much greater willingness to address the issue of standards, says David Woodhouse. The report of the higher education review calls, inter alia, for strengthened attention to standards. As the Australian Universities Quality Agency turns 10 next ...

Politics matters. In one corner is Kim Carr and Denise Bradley and in the other is Treasury. Julia Gillard is shuffling between the two. The decisions that get made in the next couple of months will resonate for decades, says ...

The higher education sector needs a new rankings system which is broad, ethical and global, says Adam Shoemaker. I believe that years of comparative university rankings will achieve something positive: they will act as a spur for improvement, an irritant ...

It started over breakfast and ended with his resignation. Why Toby Miller quit the University of California Press. I just resigned from the editorial committee of the University of California Press. Most university committees I have served on are boring. ...

A recent study only serves to highlight the need for more sensitive measures, say Carole Kayrooz and Michele Fleming. The University of Canberra, Australian National University and Macquarie University were recently named and shamed for having low proportions of low ...

Positive responses by the government to the key recommendations of the Cutler and Bradley reviews are of fundamental importance to the future economic, social and environmental sustainability of our country, says Richard Larkins. 2009 promises to be the most significant ...

Its wellbeing and security which dominate notions of global student mobility, not market-driven approaches, say Peter Kell and Gillian Vogl. There has been much discussion about the experience of international students in Australia and their overall welfare and safety. These ...