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Paying staff to research what they like? Ancient history, pal

The management reality that there are not enough students to pay all the present teachers in HASS, hence the current job cuts.

Stephen Matchett

COMMENTARYHigher Education

Unis wanted a muzzled watchdog that they could control: it didn’t happen

ATEC has a mission impossible – respecting universities’ academic autonomy while co-ordinating members of a national system to expand the economy for all Australians.

Stephen Matchett

commentaryCommentary

Bogged down in process, old guard struggles to adapt

Universities now are not great at improving productivity, with business models based on doing the same with more – leaving staff on a performance treadmill, working hard but standing still.

Stephen Matchett

commentaryEducation

Mighty clash: ANU staff take on management over campus financial governance

There is a brawl over funding cuts at the Australian National University; the outcome could change the way universities across the country are run.

Stephen Matchett

COMMENTARYEducation

Case for foreign students must address community fears

Ignoring community suspicion that the existing education model puts cash before quality will only convince people who want fewer international students that it does.

Stephen Matchett

commentaryPersonal Finance

Cashing out: Have we hit peak vice-chancellor salaries?

For decades, V-Cs pitched universities as a national resource. But now they appear as giant corporations, focused primarily on their own interests. For institutions that still rely on public funding, it’s a big problem.

Stephen Matchett

COMMENTARYHigher Education

Alpha-Albo muscling up on R&D, but don’t take CRCs for granted

Here we go again with government intent on getting industry in a national research and development strategy. Tim Ayres shouldn’t throw out tried and true successful policies.

Stephen Matchett

COMMENTARYHigher Education

Public policy is not just masks and gloves, it’s a crucial branch of study

Philosophy, politics and economics study is important. Especially when school test results on civics and citizenship are the lowest ever and academic orthodoxy is that Australia’s political system is based on the illegitimate power of racist settler society.

Stephen Matchett

COMMENTARYHigher Education

Cancelling student debt is nothing but a colossal $16bn waste of taxpayers’ money

The academic frog is in the productivity pot and the water is simmering. Universities cannot keep doing what they have always done and demand more public money to do it.

Stephen Matchett

COMMENTARYEducation

Think smaller to deliver a bigger economic bang for $40bn taxpayer bucks

Government, universities and businesses spend $40bn on research and development into products and services with mixed results. The solution may be to think small.

Stephen Matchett

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