By Misty Adoniou. So, do sociologists, mathematicians, scientists and lawyers use language to be elitist and exclusive? Or is the language necessary to describe the specifics of their field. More...
By Michelle Grattan. More students than ever before have the opportunity for higher education but their choices are being undermined by a confusing admissions system in much need of reform. More...
By Frank Furedi. The news that students at City, University of London have voted to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspapers from its campus – a ban which could be extended to other media organisations – is just the latest example of how free speech is under threat at universities across the globe. More...
By Martin Davies. There has been a spate of articles and reports recently about the increasing importance of critical thinking skills for future employment. More...
By Shane Duggan. Universities are being urged to make their admission process more transparent following the release of a report by the Higher Education Standards Panel, which was set up by the government to help with reforming areas of higher education. More...
By Helen Tilley and Arnaldo Pellini. Academic publications are important reflections of the strength of the research community in a country. A strong research community fuels innovation in the economy. It’s also the bedrock for generating high-quality evidence to inform policy decisions. More...
By Eleanor Milligan and Liz Fitzmaurice. Medical students are practising invasive clinical procedures on themselves and fellow students at home as well as at medical school, a recent New Zealand study has confirmed. More...
By Jenni Henderson and Peter McDonald. Peter McDonald, a professor of demography at the University of Melbourne, says a 457 visa worker is more likely to take the job of a young academic than that of a blue collar worker. More...
By Gwilym Croucher. In 2015, Australia graduated over 10,000 postgraduate research students – the vast majority of these were doctoral students. There were over 65,000 research higher degree students enrolled at Australian universities last year with most full or part time PhD students. More...