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Tim DoddHigher Education Editor

Tim Dodd is The Australian’s higher education editor. He has over 25 years experience as a journalist covering a wide variety of areas in public policy, economics, politics and foreign policy, including reporting from the Canberra press gallery and four years based in Jakarta as South East Asia correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. He was named 2014 Higher Education Journalist of the Year by the National Press Club.

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Dr Alex Zelinksy, chief defence scientist

Newcastle’s new VC

Chief Defence Scientist Alex Zelinsky will be the next vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle.

Higher Education

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Economic boon from TAFEs

Victorian TAFE colleges return in additional economic activity more than double what they cost taxpayers.

Tim Dodd

Opinion

Ask why, and the idea crumbles

There are very few reasons to believe that a merger between two Adelaide-based universities would be a good idea.

Tim Dodd

Higher Education

Deputy Leader of the Opposition Tanya Plibersek speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Sunday, April 29, 2018. Labor says it has come up with a new source of GST revenue that would allow the states to agree to cut the 10 per cent tax on female sanitary products.(AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

Labor agrees on inquiry terms

The federal Labor opposition has taken the first step towards its promised comprehensive inquiry into tertiary education.

Tim Dodd

Opinion

20/11/2017. John Howard and Kim Beazley, former opponents in two elections, now in common cause on the board of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation to bring the western canon of learning back to universities. Photographed during event at ntercontinental Hotel. Britta Campion / The Australian

Warriors attack academic freedom

The ‘conservatariat’ is undermining vaunted Western traditions in its response to ANU’s rejection of the Ramsay Centre gift.

Kim Carr

Higher Education

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Pro PhD all the go in business

The traditional PhD is falling out of favour with business and industry, an Australian academic argues in new paper.

Erica Cervini

Higher Education

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Industry bridges digital skills gap

Six education providers have formed a new industry group to offer courses that train people in skills for the digital economy.

Tim Dodd

Higher Education

Uni's VCs Image Adelaide University and UniSA in merger talks. Left to right: UniSAChancellor Jim McDowell, UniSA Vice-Chancellor David Lloyd, AdelaideUniversity Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen, Adelaide University ChancellorKevin Scarce.

Merger plan stokes jobs fears

An agreement to explore a merger between South Australia’s two largest universities has already hit a major obstacle.

Tim Dodd

Higher Education

Catriona Jackson, CEO of Universities Australia

Foreign influence bill ‘improved’

Universities have backed the federal government’s changes to its bill to clamp down on foreign influence in Australia.

Tim Dodd

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Don’t kick this gift horse

There’s political peril in rejecting the Ramsay bequest, the biggest boost to humanities since unis expanded in 1960s and 70s.

Robert Phiddian

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