Universities will feel some funding pain in years to come, as the budget reveals government plans to save A$2.8 billion over the five years from 2016-17 by reforming the higher education system. More...
Why Birmingham’s performance funding plan won’t improve Australian universities
One aspect of the federal budget that hasn’t attracted the attention it should is the government’s plan to introduce “performance” funding for universities. More...
‘Short-sighted’ budget means universities can’t deliver their full economic benefit
The government’s changes to higher education will put a damaging financial strain on regional universities catering to a different cohort of students, and make it difficult for all universities to deliver to their full economic benefit, vice-chancellors warn. More...
Gonski 2.0: Is this the school funding plan we have been looking for? Finally, yes
They used to say that a week is a long time in politics. How last century! Now a day is a long time in politics, or at least the politics of school funding. More...
Changes to school funding – your questions answered
The new reform represents an overall funding increase for Australian schools. More...
Charter schools and vouchers not a solution for Australian schooling
A new report from the Centre for Independent Studies described Gonski funding for schools as a “fantasy” and made three proposals for school funding. More...
Does bad weather affect student performance in school?
All schools in south-east Queensland, and many in northern New South Wales, have been closed following tropical cyclone Debbie, which hit the area this week causing large-scale destruction. More...
There’s pressure on academics to learn how to teach. But they need more support
Society’s expectations of higher education are changing. People want more students than before to successfully complete their degrees, no matter how prepared they were for academia when they started studying. More...
Africa’s research universities can help to drive an urban agenda
Africa is becoming rapidly more urban. This has created a number of connected economic, social, political, infrastructural and environmental challenges.
But African governments have not, historically, paid significant attention to urbanisation and the problems experienced in their cities. This means they’re ill prepared to deal with their countries’ increasingly urban futures. More...