Demand-driven funding ‘better than the alternatives’ Uncapped funding best way of dealing with demographic ‘kinks’, Australian forum told John Ross 6月 17日
‘Mixed’ report card for Australia’s demand-driven system Lifting cap increased participation but was not accompanied by more support for non-traditional students, says Productivity Commission John Ross 6月 17日
Australian research infractions ‘mostly misdemeanours’ Misconduct at root of only a fraction of complaints in Australia, study finds John Ross 6月 17日
‘Look to Indigenous culture for research integrity inspiration’ Embedded integrity practices sustained knowledge systems that have evolved for millennia, says RMIT leader John Ross 6月 16日
Decline in soft skills ‘driven by trivialisation of humanities’ Treating the sciences and the humanities as separate worlds does employers and students no favours, says award-winning interdisciplinarian John Ross 6月 13日
New Zealanders’ faith in universities on the rise Perceptions of higher education immune to political leanings, study finds John Ross 6月 13日
Australian universities struggle to cover domestic teaching costs Narrowing financial buffers raise questions over Australian universities’ goals of being comprehensive John Ross 6月 13日
Australia lags on arts, humanities and social sciences staffing Data from Times Higher Education suggest some countries may be falling behind on the number of academics in non-STEM areas Simon Baker 6月 12日
Employers ‘to drive retraining demand’ Australian report suggests that business economics, not workers’ survival, will drive lifelong learning boom John Ross 6月 11日
Australian enrolments stay on course despite funding freeze Australian universities kept doing what they were already doing after government froze teaching funds John Ross 6月 10日
Interdisciplinary research ‘struggles to bridge academic silos’ Study of grant funding in Australia suggests that collaboration across STEM and non-STEM divide is not the norm Simon Baker 6月 7日
Australian universities cap international student numbers Administrations ease back on foreign fee splurge to avoid financial overexposure and to protect student experience John Ross 6月 6日