Four experts now have the onerous task of sifting through more than 1200 submissions made in response to the federal government’s higher-education discussion paper that was released on Budget night. Andrew Norton, the Grattan Institute’s higher-education program director; Mitchell Institute ...
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The Grattan Institute’s higher education program director, Andrew Norton, expressed concern over the federal government’s cap on vocational student loans announced this week. He said the government's plan simply adapted Labor’s one-size-fits all cap into a "three- sizes-fit-all approach”. Earlier in ...
More »Thomas ‘suspicious’ of Howard’s take on gender equity
Former prime minister John Howard has been sarcastically labelled “a cracker of a role model” by University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas. This was in response to Howard’s comments at the National Press Club in September, where he ...
More »Noonan proposes new tertiary education financing body
Tertiary education needs a transparent and independent federal financing body to ensure funding is allocated on the basis of a solid evidence base, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute has argued. A New System for Financing Australian Tertiary ...
More »Understand gender biases to tackle them: consultant
“Men favour men.” It’s a simple-sounding but complex concept that was explored by gender consultant Dr Mark Toner, at Campus Review’s Higher Equity Summit. Toner is chair of the Gender Equity Working Group of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and ...
More »Race, like gender, essential part of equity conversation: academic
When talking about equity and diversity, it’s important to think beyond just gender and talk about race as well, as women of colour are particularly underrepresented in senior roles in higher education and receiving a promotion is a challenge for ...
More »HIGHER EQUITY 2016: Be part of the conversation
Campus Review’s inaugural Higher Equity Summit kicks off today in Sydney. Here we’ll discuss, and work solutions towards solving, a very pertinent question in higher education – how can equity be achieved? Keep tabs here to follow Higher Equity Summit, ...
More »Lack of education in poor nations will spread unrest: report
A United Nations-backed coalition of world leaders, Nobel laureates and international business figures has called for a massive expansion of formal education in poor nations, so as to prevent unrest. The Learning Generation: Investing in education for a changing world, ...
More »A constant amid upheaval
The last 25 years have been marked by huge changes in funding, administration, culture and more; and Campus Review has dutifully and accessibly covered it all. It was my pleasure in August 1991 to contribute to the first issue of ...
More »Gender equity in higher education: gaining access, winning respect and overcoming challenges
Constraints on acceptable leadership models and access to the more respected professional realms are among the enduring challenges for women in academia. In its inaugural edition of August 1991, Campus Review ran the following quotation from then-assistant registrar for appointments ...
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