NTEU members from the ACT Division protested at the Welcome Reception for the Universities Australia National Conference on Tuesday, highlighting the consequences of the mass casualisation of higher education. More...
10 mars 2019
10 mars 2019
Queensland Uni breaks its promise on Ramsay
The National Tertiary Education Union has accused Queensland University of breaking its word on the approval process for the establishment of a Ramsay Centre for Western Civilization. More...
10 mars 2019
Economics, education and citizenship (AUR 61 01)
In the current political economic dispensation, it is important to revisit the opportunities for citizenship, cooperative, and public economics and the responsibility of economics teachers. In doing so, it is essential to analyse the nature of the dominant pedagogical philosophy of individualism, probe what alternatives could be embraced, investigate whether citizenship is a superior compass, and ascertain how students respond to alternatives. More...
10 mars 2019
Neoliberalism and new public management in an Australian university: The invisibility of our take-over (AUR 61 01)
The higher education sector in Australia is operating in an ideological context in which the ideas of managerialism and neoliberalism combine to create a discourse shaping the lives of both workers and students. The practices that emerge inside higher education organisations as a result combine to form an organisational neoliberal managerial culture that shapes practices, operating in a vicious cycle. More...
10 mars 2019
Silencing behaviours in contested research & their implications for academic freedom (AUR 61 01)
What do attacks on 'unpalatable' research reveal about academic freedom? When academic work is curtailed, this cherished yet misunderstood concept is undermined. Silencing based on moral objection – rather than wrongdoing – suggests academic freedom is more constrained than we believe. More...
10 mars 2019
Publications, citations and impact factors: Myth and reality (AUR 61 01)
This article discusses the role of university academics as researchers. In present-day society which touts instant gratification, the primary role of a university is being undermined. In Malaysia, academics no longer teach and research as they please but are 'guided' by government agencies and influenced by the priorities of funding agencies. One of the components of academic freedom is the freedom to publish. Academics publish research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge. More...
10 mars 2019
Ramsay Centre protest at University of Queensland 25/2/2019
The University of Queensland Senate will consider the proposal for a deal with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation on Monday evening. Members of the University community, including staff, students and alumni will stage a protest outside the Senate meeting. More...
10 mars 2019
Accounting for the university of the future (AUR 61 01)
There is much debate nowadays about the future of higher education. The relentless change seen over the last few decades has been turbo-charged in recent times through the growing involvement of business and corporations in the shaping of university futures – a process Marginson and Considine (2000, p. 3) have referred to as ‘the increasing interpenetration of economic capital into university education’. More...
10 mars 2019
Managing Bullshit (AUR 61 01)
To a large degree, Andre Spicer’s recent book on ‘business bullshit’ is about ‘the meaningless language [conjured up] in schools, in banks, in consultancy firms, in politics, and in the media’ (p. xii). Spicer is correct in mentioning business, but what he does not do is mention the following: it is this language that drives thousands of business schools. More...
10 mars 2019
Us and them (AUR 61 01)
Still, the common hallucination of a free market lingers on just like the fantasy of ‘homo economicus’ (p. 3) – the rational individual constantly calculating costs versus benefits. Furnished with these fictions, free markets have for long been highly concentrated. More...
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