Essays & reportage
18 June 2024
When the personal shouldn’t be the political
Books & arts
26 October 2023
A consummate account of Australian universities stops short of exploring the working lives of academics
Essays & reportage
19 July 2023
A long-forgotten experiment throws light on the challenges facing Australian education in the 2020s
From the archive
4 June 2021
The pandemic has exposed longstanding problems in Australian universities. But it’s possible to map a way out
National affairs
25 March 2021
A unique medium for disseminating academic research is celebrating its first decade
Books & arts
24 November 2020
Books | A centenary history reveals how vice-chancellors have negotiated shifts in politics and policy
National affairs
15 October 2020
Is university governance getting in the way of a healthy higher education system?
National affairs
13 July 2020
Britain and Australia have reacted very differently to the pandemic’s impact on higher education
National affairs
26 June 2020
The government’s latest funding plan will reshape higher education
National affairs
22 June 2020
Changes to university fees are just the latest example of successive governments preferring to pick winners than trust markets
National affairs
17 June 2020
Calls for universities to reduce their reliance on international students ignore the incentives created by successive governments
National affairs
1 June 2020
Covid-19 has exposed deep flaws in the structure of Australia’s higher education system
Essays & reportage
5 March 2020
Extract | Historian Ken Inglis finds his vocation, reveals a talent for journalism, and embarks for Oxford
Books & arts
29 October 2019
The scrapping of Sydney University’s professorship has great symbolic importance
Essays & reportage
15 October 2019
Is an opportunity being lost in the midst of the Chinese student boom?
Books & arts
29 January 2019
Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues
Books & arts
21 October 2018
Books | Is the heightened tension on American campuses evidence of more psychologically vulnerable students?
Essays & reportage
24 September 2018
The Ramsay Centre is still seeking a home for its Western civilisation course, but the concept itself doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
National affairs
14 August 2018
Along with the vast increase in migration, most signs point to increased cooperation between Australia and India
National affairs
26 June 2018
Did the Ramsay Centre throw away its best chance by pushing ANU too far?
National affairs
22 February 2018
A failed experiment in market-led education needs to be buried once and for all
Books & arts
24 January 2018
Books | A senior vice-chancellor argues for big changes in tertiary education — but not in universities
National affairs
27 February 2017
Critics of extended formal education misunderstand the demands of the modern workplace
Essays & reportage
15 June 2016
Credentialism has distorted the direction and basis of half a century’s education and training policy, argues Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
27 October 2015
Books | Two opposing views of the university run through Hannah Forsyth’s historically based account, writes Simon Marginson
National affairs
10 November 2014
At the heart of the controversial events at the Perth-based university is the nature of the relationship between chancellors and vice-chancellors
National affairs
1 September 2014
Christopher Pyne says there is no alternative to his deregulatory reforms. The evidence suggests otherwise, writes Peter McPhee
Essays & reportage
15 February 2013
The current system of teacher education isn’t working for many students. Dean Ashenden looks at the alternatives, and their adversaries
Essays & reportage
22 November 2012
Twenty-five years ago, John Dawkins dramatically reshaped higher education. His critics still fail to distinguish the good from the bad in his reforms, writes Dean Ashenden