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Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 15 October 2019 Is an opportunity being lost in the midst of the Chinese student boom?
Books & arts Phillipa McGuinness 7 February 2019 The goal might be the same, but each publisher finds its own way of connecting writers and readers Books & arts Ray Cassin 29 January 2019 Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues Books & arts Nick Haslam 21 October 2018 Books | Is the heightened tension on American campuses evidence of more psychologically vulnerable students? Essays & reportage Robbie Robertson 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 Robin Jeffrey 14 August 2018 Along with the vast increase in migration, most signs point to increased cooperation between Australia and India
National affairs Frank Bongiorno 26 June 2018 Did the Ramsay Centre throw away its best chance by pushing ANU too far? Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 8 March 2018 Books | Has Clive Hamilton written what one critic called a “McCarthyist manifesto”? Books & arts Dean Ashenden 24 January 2018 Books | A senior vice-chancellor argues for big changes in tertiary education — but not in universities Essays & reportage John Fitzgerald 21 September 2017 Australian universities need to guard against the possibility that collaborations with their Chinese peers could undermine free enquiry
Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 15 June 2016 Credentialism has distorted the direction and basis of half a century’s education and training policy, argues Dean Ashenden
Books & arts Carolyn Holbrook 21 March 2016 Books | Anna Clark gives academic historians plenty to think about, writes Carolyn Holbrook Books & arts Simon Marginson 27 October 2015 Books | Two opposing views of the university run through Hannah Forsyth’s historically based account, writes Simon Marginson Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 25 May 2015 ASIO’s ambivalence about Manning Clark might not have incited a diplomatic training incident, but Clark’s response was uncompromising Books & arts Beverley Kingston 30 March 2015 Books | Two new books highlight how Australian universities have changed in recent decades, writes Beverley Kingston
National affairs Rodney Tiffen 24 March 2015 Historically and comparatively, public funding of Australian universities is at a record-breaking low, writes Rodney Tiffen
Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 23 March 2015 “There was nothing before Oxford, really,” says Malcolm Fraser in this extract from his political memoirs, written with Margaret Simons National affairs Dean Ashenden 22 February 2015 Christopher Pyne’s teacher education review wants serious reform, but it may serve to protect the monopoly that produced the problems, writes Dean Ashenden Essays & reportage Daniel Nethery 27 January 2015 Anyone for astrophysics, statistics or Japanese art? Daniel Nethery samples the evolving offerings of massive open online courses National affairs Our higher education correspondent 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 Peter McPhee 1 September 2014 Christopher Pyne says there is no alternative to his deregulatory reforms. The evidence suggests otherwise, writes Peter McPhee
Books & arts Peter Mares 28 July 2014 New visa arrangements make it possible for international students to study and work in Australia for many years without necessarily being on a path to permanent residency, writes… National affairs Gillian Cowlishaw 17 December 2013 University ethics committees and the social sciences make awkward partners, writes Gillian Cowlishaw Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 15 November 2013 Three biographies reveal twentieth-century Australians in the thick of things, writes Frank Bongiorno Books & arts Michael Gilding 6 November 2013 As a new book argues, innovation isn’t “soldered to science,” writes Michael Gilding
International John Fitzgerald 31 October 2013 China’s approach to science research could advance the country’s strategic objectives while doing little to advance science, writes John Fitzgerald. This…
Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 15 February 2013 The current system of teacher education isn’t working for many students. Dean Ashenden looks at the alternatives, and their adversaries National affairs Paul Rodan 20 December 2012 Removing staff and student representatives from university councils in Victoria threatens scholarly values and independent criticism, argues Paul Rodan Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 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 National affairs Dean Ashenden 5 April 2012 One vital question has been overlooked in the coverage of the federal government’s My University website, writes Dean Ashenden. Why duplicate a service that already exists?