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Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the challenge.
Australia’s women international students are experiencing sexual and intimate partner violence at high rates, new data reveals.
At the core of the ongoing debate over definitions are genuinely different understandings of what constitutes antisemitism.
As concerns over research security grow, Australia has no national policy or consistent approach.
Aspiring business people and lawyers are taught how to work with China, but our future politicians, policymakers and journalists do not always receive the same practical instruction.
Australian universities have long been a site of protest. Today’s students join this legacy of activists who helped shape higher education and the Australian cultural landscape.
Diplomacy and national security rely on expertise in foreign languages and cultures. Australia and New Zealand need to address the looming deficit in university foreign language courses.
Australia’s allies are serious about the risk of research espionage - and one way or another, we need to catch up.
University enrolments, research output and revenue tripled or more in the three decades to 2019. This growth brought benefits as well as problems.
A major review of the Australian Research Council follows years of concerns about political interference, tedious red tape and inadequate funding.
Universities can be hostile, overwhelming and unwelcoming places for many First Nations Peoples working in academia. More needs to be done to ensure culturally safe workplaces.
New research has found that Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students are more likely to be sexually harassed in a university context than any other students.
Culturally safe spaces are pivotal in the academic success of First Nations students.
The lack of a collective memory of university education and the student experience presents a serious problem in Australian life.
Universities must meaningfully acknowledge they are sited on unceded First Nations land and Indigenous culture should be recognised in campus design. These steps are vital for reconciliation.
World-leading university campus developments overseas call into question plans for CBD-based campuses in Australia. They might be good for CBD development, but what about the universities themselves?
Researchers will struggle to meet universities’ expectations of engagement beyond academia until this work is better recognised as part of their duties.
With 13 universities in the top 200 in the new aggregated ranking system known as ARTU, Australia ranks fourth in the world and is part of a rising new order in the global higher education sector.
A collapse in revenue and a lack of government support have led to university workforces being decimated to cut costs. This presents a number of longer-term risks for universities and the nation.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor (Law), Southern Cross University
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Professor, Architecture, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urbanism, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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University Librarian, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Australian National University
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Lecturer in German Studies, University of New England
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Justice and Society, UniSA, Adelaide University