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HUB-AND-SPOKES SYSTEM

We need radical change, say Go8 unis

Group of Eight universities are pushing for radical reforms, with a limited number of universities generously funded to do world-leading research.

Time for the next higher education revolution

It has been 35 years since Australia last had a round of comprehensive reform in higher education that produced more than just a short-term fix.

JAB AT MORRISON

Top bureaucrat warns of uni crisis

Glyn Davis, Anthony Albanese’s most powerful bureaucrat, has challenged higher education policies that led to crowded, impersonal universities with over 50,000 students.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Unis want ‘Job-ready’ scheme canned

Universities are demanding an end to the current university funding scheme which forces some students to pay fees nearly four times as high as others.

BETTER TOGETHER

Merger bid brings benefits of scale

Australia’s university funding system, which rewards scale, is the reason why two SA universities need to merge, says one of their leaders.

China studies needed to lift expertise

University of Sydney China Studies Centre director David Goodman calls for more courses on China at Australian universities.

By GLENDA KORPORAAL

Curtin grads rated best by employers

Graduates of Curtin University are most preferred by employers, according to the federal government’s latest 2022 survey results.

Catholic event cops ban over trans view

A Catholic intellectual group has been banned from holding its annual forum at a university hall over concerns about its views on transgender issues.

By MATTHEW DENHOLM

We can’t keep on doing more with less

There are powerful economic and social arguments to turbocharge Australia’s R&D efforts and the cost of not acting is too great to measure.

By CATRIONA JACKSON