Casual staff ‘not considered real workers’ as job axe falls The scant information about job losses among Australia’s insecure staff speaks volumes about how management sees them, say critics John Ross 7月 19日
We must get beyond research management-by-numbers Simplistic performance measures hold research back, says Jim McCluskey, as Melbourne becomes the first Australian university to sign up to Dora Jim McCluskey 7月 17日
Melbourne v-c: ‘narrow thinking’ risks post-pandemic recovery Universities’ breadth of viewpoints more important than ever in this ‘dark period of history’, says Melbourne v-c John Ross 7月 16日
Pandemic prompts lifelong-learning pivot and 500 job losses at UNSW Australian university’s financial problems force a restructure and 500 redundancies, but vice-chancellor stresses opportunity in adversity John Ross 7月 15日
Adelaide appoints new chancellor after governance crisis Legal trailblazer to oversee governance of Australia’s third oldest university at a troubled time John Ross 7月 15日
Australia ‘should discount fully online classes’ post-Covid ‘Cloud’ discounts and fee and subsidy tweaks could underpin acceptable compromise deal, policy specialist suggests John Ross 7月 14日
Remote Summit: Australia stands out as leaving research elite to bear virus burden The differential impacts of the Covid-19 wrecking ball reflect different countries’ priorities, conference hears John Ross 7月 14日
Leadership crisis besets University of the South Pacific Oceania’s pan-national university enveloped by scandal, duelling governance bodies and tit-for-tat accusations John Ross 7月 14日
Queensland upholds suspension of?anti-China crusader Suspension reduced but it ‘still gets me out of the way’, Australian student representative says John Ross 7月 13日
Leading from a distance: starting a?v-c job during lockdown Covid-19 ushered in a very different first 100 days for new University of Auckland head Dawn Freshwater John Ross 7月 13日
Coronavirus pandemic spawns a?poachers’ picnic Down Under No longer able to recruit from overseas, some colleges pay ‘extortionate’ commissions to recruit from their competitors John Ross 7月 10日
Australia shelves plan to fly in international students Trial flights of overseas students taken off the table, as safe haven visas for Hong Kong students herald more tension with China John Ross 7月 9日
