university funding
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Policy & Reform
$50,000 arts degrees look set to stay
A Greens bill to slash university fees for arts, law and business students is unlikely to pass the Senate, despite…
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Funding
UA says small funding boost could help Australian universities generate $24 billion
A one per cent investment in research and development could raise productivity and increase Australia’s revenue by $24 billion over the…
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Commentary
Are Australian universities reaching a tipping point? Opinion
We all know things are tough Bushfires, floods, pandemic, aged care, wars and military tensions, racism and sexism all clamour…
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Funding
University of Melbourne analyst predicts potential change in rankings obsession
For several years now Australia’s universities have achieved remarkable outcomes in some of the world’s most respected rankings, with many…
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In the News
Budget 2020-21: the sector reacts
The injection of an additional $1 billion for university research was the big-ticket item for higher education in last night’s…
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In the News
Victoria’s $350m uni offer sparks renewed calls for more federal intervention
Hard-hit Victorian universities will be thrown a $350 million financial lifeline by the state government to recover from the impact…
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Funding
Issue of the week 1: Should all university funding be accepted? Podcast
Guilt by association has always been a vexed issue, but in the era of #metoo and corporate and social responsibility, careers can…
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In the News
UQ strikes $50m deal with Ramsay Centre
The University of Queensland plans to offer an extended major in Western Civilisation as soon as next year following the signing of…
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Podcasts
Humanising our future: Why Australia can’t afford to neglect the humanities
In an age where science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) disciplines receive the lion’s share of policy attention and funding,…
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In the News
Taken from Peter? Sector reacts to regional university funding
Regional university students need more support – but not at the expense of the base funding of Australia’s research. That’s…
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In the News
Let universities fail: UK gov
Unlike banks such as Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), failing UK universities won't have it easy if they're…
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Policy & Reform
Shared university services ‘snake oil’: opinion
The fashion in universities and other public sector organisations for 'shared services' did not spring from nowhere. Yes Minister in…
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Funding
IRU says current funding model stifles innovation, calls for greater research autonomy
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group wants universities to have more say in how they spend their funding dollars. They say that…
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Policy & Reform
Unis erecting ‘Taj Mahals’, ‘prepared to let standards slip’: Grattan debate
Despite having worked at several of them, Judith Sloan is sceptical of universities. The conservative economist and contributing economics editor…
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