Rather than publish or perish, I remain of the view that what is not published will perish and it is beholden on academics involved in research to publish their work in reputable journals, subject to review by their peers. To finish with a cliché, let us not throw the baby out with the bath water or even worse, keep the bathwater and throw out the baby. More...

The book begins with a Prologue which provides an introduction and sets the scene for the ideas introduced in subsequent chapters. Following this, Chapter 1, End of the Line?, explains how universities everywhere face imminent disruption. The chapter provides some notable examples of how established industries were supplanted by what Schumpeter called creative destruction. It also accounts for how higher education worldwide is being transformed through new technologies and entrepreneurial activities. More...

The image of the successful manager in Australia has traditionally been of ‘the happy-go-lucky good-looking bloke with a bit of jaunty bravado, good sportsmanship, mateship and loyalty’. It is an enduring image that nevertheless is now out of step with the realities of the current Australian workplace and effective leadership. More...

This statistical note updates earlier work on the salaries paid to general staff working at Australia's public universities, and the levels at which universities classify those staff. In 2017, higher proportions of general staff in more senior grades could be found at the University of Technology Sydney, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the University of Canberra, and Monash and Macquarie Universities. More...

The purpose of this article is to analyse some of the key ongoing debates in transnational higher education (TNHE). First, we discuss a selection of the claimed benefits and drawbacks of TNHE for home and host country stakeholders (students, governments and institutions), and then we suggest alternative realities, for which there appears to be evidence in practice. More...

The now defunct CAE system was (on the best interpretation) widely misunderstood within much of the university sector or (on the worst) deliberately misrepresented to defend a privileged position. That confusion (putting it politely) continues to this day with even those too young to have been in the sector in the 1980s criticising John Dawkins for dismantling a reasonably well-functioning binary system. More...

There has been substantial growth in postgraduate coursework study in Australia since moves towards deregulation began in the early 1990s. This growth in postgraduate coursework education has brought benefits for both institutions and individuals. However, in a deregulated fee environment these benefits now risk being outweighed by the mounting costs of education for those who wish to improve their qualifications. More...

Research into issues relating to people from refugee backgrounds has proliferated in line with the explosion in the numbers of people seeking refuge globally. In this think piece, we reflect on what it means to research with former refugees in contexts of resettlement in an academic and social climate dominated by audit culture and austerity politics. Drawing on an interdisciplinary literature and existing institutional ethics standards, we discuss key, often unaddressed, ethical issues which manifest throughout research processes of recruitment, data collection and dissemination. More...

Women now constitute almost 60% of successful undergraduate and postgraduate course completions, yet gender segregation across educational fields remains stark. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), women’s representation in male-dominated fields has actually declined since 2001, particularly in information technology, while the proportion of men in the female-dominated fields of education and health remains largely unchanged. More...

Since 2012, Bluestocking Week has been making space to focus on women in higher education. During this week, we organise events and actions to draw attention to women’s achievements, but also to continue campaigning for all women’s rights to equity and justice. More...