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Articles by Merlin Crossley
The importance of senior faculty advising junior colleagues on their career trajectories is increasingly emphasised. But is guidance ¨C and the giving of it ¨C being fairly shared? Should mentoring schemes be formalised? And are they really enough? Seven academics have their say
The past 12 months will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons. But as 2020 nears its end amid fairy lights and optimism about vaccines, six academics tell us the bright spots they managed to find amid the gloom ¨C from human connections to elasticated waistbands
Academics¡¯ deep identification with their work means that the failure of a book proposal, grant application or promotion request can cut deeply. But in a competitive profession, such knock-backs are inevitable. Here, six academics recall their most traumatic rejection ¨C and how they got over it
The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most
Do you feel you¡¯re just winging it, waiting for the day when your incompetence is exposed? Six academics show that you¡¯re far from alone
Providing support for learners on low-cost ¡®flat-pack degrees¡¯ is key to expanding international higher education in Australia and worldwide, says Merlin Crossley
As tactics to maximise rankings become common knowledge and fluctuation diminishes, universities will re-focus on a diversifying array of missions, says Merlin Crossley
Like cricket, academia needs specialists, and revised calendars and tech will show teachers belong in the top order, says Merlin Crossley
