Explosion of middle managers ‘ruining university life’ The gulf is growing between self-perpetuating middle management and the people who ‘produce the value’, Australian symposium hears John Ross, September 15, 2023 A Kafkaesque instinct for bureaucratic...
Australia: Ética proyectos de humanidades
Australian scientists join outcry over humanities research veto Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants Jack Grove, January 10, 2022 Dozens of Australia’s leading...
Australia: Aranceles y elección de carreras
View as Webpage Two New Data Points on the Effects of Tuition Fees April 29th, 2021 - Alex Usher Over the past two decades, tuition rises in Canada have been relatively low: on average, we consistently see rises of about 1-2% above inflation, with almost no sudden...
Universidades australianas: repensarse tras la pandemia
Rethink how you do everything, Australian universities urged Reassessing operations through an institutional mission lens will prove more palatable than business-driven decisions, says ex-Adelaide boss January 14, 2021 John Ross Australian universities have been urged...
Australia: Cambios al esquema de créditos estudiantiles
Australian ministers' radical fee reform creates storm of uncertainty Different scenarios for legislative progress force universities to plan for range of outcomes John Ross, August 20, 20201 The uncertainty facing Australian universities’ planning departments is...
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‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss May 19, 2020 By John Ross Consultancy contracts have been among the first expenses jettisoned as Australian universities face massive revenue...
Consultas antes de definir políticas: Inglaterra y Australia
How to Make Policy February 12th 2020 - Alex Usher Take a ride with me. First stop, London, England. UK university funding is handled by an intermediate institution known as the Office for Students (OfS). The Government decides on the amount of money it wants to spend...
Reforma al financiamiento de universidades australianas
Piecemeal Australian reforms ‘could cost more than they save’ Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (£11.3 million) but cost A$19 million January 11, 2019 By John Ross Experts have warned that piecemeal reforms to Australian...
Australia: Nexo entre docencia e investigación
Call for creation of teaching-focused universities in Australia Consultants argue Humboldtian ideal of research-informed teaching ‘shackles’ institutions into uniformity October 23, 2018; by John Ross Australian universities are “shackled” into uniformity by a...
¿Sobreeducación o subeducación? ¿O educación a secas?
Australian Work Force 'Over Educated' Inside Higher Ed,, March 15, 2013 - 3:00am By Bernard Lane for The Australian Politicians and university chiefs in Australia are keen to sell the benefits of ever more degrees, but the labor market isn't buying it,...
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After a year of ChatGPT, is academia getting to grips with generative AI? Students love it but faculty typically hate...
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Exministro Brunner considera “imposible” condonar de manera universal el CAE “tanto en este gobierno como en los que...