February
Research funding body suspends grant to pro-Palestinian academic
Controversial academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has said Zionists “have no claim or right to cultural safety”, has had her $870,000 research grant suspended.
Vice chancellors back Coalition plan to put domestic students first
Education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson says a Coalition government would impose tougher caps on international students, have zero tolerance for antisemitism.
Thank you, Catherine Livingstone, for telling the truth about Oz unis
The UTS chancellor should also call for a commission to set up an Australian university ranking system focused on local student satisfaction and employment outcomes.
Shorten blames federal policies for his uni’s financial woes, job cuts
The University of Canberra’s new vice chancellor says 191 jobs will be cut this year after student numbers fell.
Judge lets rip at intolerant universities as source of antisemitism
Justice Michael Lee blames antisemitism on cancel culture and intellectual conformity in universities.
Leon Zwier heads up the Shortens’ capital coming-out party
Bill and Chloe have firmly cemented themselves in the Canberra establishment after years of fly-in fly-out work.
This vice chancellor stood on his head for students, literally
New boss of Western Sydney University, George Williams, is using his legal mind, and the odd stunt, to advocate for the battered tertiary education sector.
My employer refused to pay for my MBA – so I quit
When Anthony Justice asked BP to pay for his one-year, full-time MBA in France, the company refused. A year later, it promoted him and upped his salary.
$80,000 debt is only part of cost crisis hitting students hard
Jasmine O’Brien is in the second of a five-year degree, holds down two jobs and worries about what her student debt will be when she finally graduates.
How students are doubling up to get ahead in the jobs race
Vice chancellor Sharon Pickering says half the undergraduates at Monash University are doing double degrees to improve their job prospects, despite the extra time and cost involved.
Richard Holden is wrong. Ross Gittins is right about the economics rot
Economists desperately want to convince themselves the world is as simple as C + I + G + (X - M). That’s what generations of students have been taught to believe.
ANU budget cuts mean fewer courses and crowded tutorials
At one humanities school within the university, the budget for casual and sessional staff had been reduced by about two-thirds.
January
Why students are shunning economics, ‘the dismal science’
Alireza Ghaffarian enrolled in economics because he thought it would get him a good finance job. But he dropped out of the subject because it’s increasingly not considered the best preparation for work.
Universities warn against ‘witch-hunt’ governance inquiry
The Labor-dominated committee will focus on financial management, but officials are worried about knee-jerk responses to tension about vice-chancellors’ pay and wage theft.
Is a university degree still worth it?
The pay premium for graduates is on the decline, while the sector is a mess and academics are asking whether we have reached “peak university”.
Uni leaders on notice as MP says they run a ‘lawless sector’
A new parliamentary committee will grill university leadership after a spate of management and governance failures.
Edtech Pathify clinches $180m valuation after ruling off funding round
Bombora-backed Pathify has raised $US25 million through primary funding and a secondary share sale.
Gen Z know what they want to study, and it’s usually medicine
As school-leavers prepare to head to university, they are particularly keen on becoming doctors. But the good old arts degree is still popular.
Bill Shorten was a last-minute applicant to lead Canberra Uni
Bill Shorten applied for the job as vice chancellor of the University of Canberra just two days before he and five others were interviewed for the role.
Go harder on double-dipping uni bosses: Henderson
The opposition says Education Minister Jason Clare is missing in action as vice chancellors collect payments from outside sources on top of their university salaries.