Policy
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Industry & Research
Govt’s top objectives for science announced: Focus on Indigenous knowledge and industry
Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has announced a 10-year plan for science investment and research that outlines the government's…
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Commentary
International student levy could mean less for Australian universities
The last decade has left Australian universities vulnerable. Constant changes to policy, funding uncertainty, and government investment in research and…
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Analysis
Free university education: Kiwi feat or a red herring?
When Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's Prime Minister in October last year, many were surprised because of her youth, inexperience and femininity.…
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Funding
MYEFO funding freezes ‘actually cuts’: Universities Australia
MYEFO delivered a blow to universities - a lesser one than May's budget - but nonetheless, an affront. Alongside freezing per-student funding…
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Funding
Regional unis request strategic overhaul
Despite rural, regional and remote universities being 'anchor institutions' – the economic and intellectual hearts of their respective towns – they're not…
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Industry & Research
When scientists met policymakers
They're often perceived as being at odds with each other, but this week, top scientists and bureaucrats happily commingled. In Canberra…
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Call for policy change on low-SES students
The ways in which students from low socio-economic status are thought, and talked, about in Australian higher education bear examination.…
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ANU Burma fracas tests limits of academic freedom
Academic freedom, truth and the future for more than 140,000 Burmese refugees on the Thai-Burma border are at stake in…
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