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Essays & Reportage Dean Ashenden 15 June 2016 Credentialism has distorted the direction and basis of half a century’s education and training policy, argues Dean Ashenden
Books & Arts Carolyn Holbrook 21 March 2016 Books | Anna Clark gives academic historians plenty to think about, writes Carolyn Holbrook Books & Arts Simon Marginson 27 October 2015 Books | Two opposing views of the university run through Hannah Forsyth’s historically based account, writes Simon Marginson Essays & Reportage Alan Fewster 25 May 2015 ASIO’s ambivalence about Manning Clark might not have incited a diplomatic training incident, writes Alan Fewster. But Clark’s response, thinly veiled as… Books & Arts Beverley Kingston 30 March 2015 Books | Two new books highlight how Australian universities have changed in recent decades, writes Beverley Kingston
National Affairs Rodney Tiffen 24 March 2015 Historically and comparatively, public funding of Australian universities is at a record-breaking low, writes Rodney Tiffen
Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 23 March 2015 “There was nothing before Oxford, really,” says Malcolm Fraser in this extract from his political memoirs, written with Margaret Simons National Affairs Dean Ashenden 22 February 2015 Christopher Pyne’s teacher education review wants serious reform, but it may serve to protect the monopoly that produced the problems, writes Dean Ashenden Essays & Reportage Daniel Nethery 27 January 2015 Anyone for astrophysics, statistics or Japanese art? Daniel Nethery samples the evolving offerings of massive open online courses National Affairs Our higher education correspondent 10 November 2014 At the heart of the controversial events at the Perth-based university is the nature of the relationship between chancellors and vice-chancellors
National Affairs Peter McPhee 1 September 2014 Christopher Pyne says there is no alternative to his deregulatory reforms. The evidence suggests otherwise, writes Peter McPhee
Books & Arts Peter Mares 28 July 2014 New visa arrangements make it possible for international students to study and work in Australia for many years without necessarily being on a path to permanent residency, writes… National Affairs Gillian Cowlishaw 17 December 2013 University ethics committees and the social sciences make awkward partners, writes Gillian Cowlishaw Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 15 November 2013 Three biographies reveal twentieth-century Australians in the thick of things, writes Frank Bongiorno Books & Arts Michael Gilding 6 November 2013 As a new book argues, innovation isn’t “soldered to science,” writes Michael Gilding
International John Fitzgerald 31 October 2013 China’s approach to science research could advance the country’s strategic objectives while doing little to advance science, writes John Fitzgerald. This…
Essays & Reportage Dean Ashenden 15 February 2013 The current system of teacher education isn’t working for many students. Dean Ashenden looks at the alternatives, and their adversaries National Affairs Paul Rodan 20 December 2012 Removing staff and student representatives from university councils in Victoria threatens scholarly values and independent criticism, argues Paul Rodan Essays & Reportage Dean Ashenden 22 November 2012 Twenty-five years ago, John Dawkins dramatically reshaped higher education. His critics still fail to distinguish the good from the bad in his reforms, writes Dean Ashenden National Affairs Dean Ashenden 5 April 2012 One vital question has been overlooked in the coverage of the federal government’s My University website, writes Dean Ashenden. Why duplicate a service that already exists?
National Affairs Antonia Finnane 26 March 2012 If we want to engage or compete with universities in Asia, we need to be clear about the aims of our own education system
National Affairs Peter Mares 28 September 2011 The federal government’s new rules designed to increase student numbers could boost the number of migrants who are permanently temporary, writes Peter Mares Correspondents Frank Bongiorno 19 April 2011 Why did some British academics and universities get so close to Colonel Gaddafi, asks Frank Bongiorno in London Correspondents Frank Bongiorno 14 December 2010 The protests in Britain highlight how much the Liberal Democrats have compromised to share power, writes Frank Bongiorno in London. And where does that leave the new… International Edward Aspinall 20 February 2009 Despite the importance of relations with Indonesia, the government is not backing up its Asia-literacy rhetoric with funds, writes Edward Aspinall