With a budget surplus in sight, it makes no sense to cut funding from Australia’s research capacity.
- President and Vice Chancellor, Monash University
The freeze on university funding not only limits opportunities for students, it puts limitations on the communities unis serve, the economy, and business interested in forming collaborations.
Universities have responded to the release of the Australian Human Rights Commission report into sexual assault and sexual harassment on campus with a ten-point plan.
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. Performance funding isn’t new to Australia’s…
Closing the Office of Learning and Teaching removes Australia’s national commitment to innovation and improved performance in learning and teaching.
Teaching is at the core of what Australian universities do, yet it receives nowhere near the attention it should, and is in danger of receiving even less.
The introduction of the demand-driven system for undergraduate places in 2012 saw the differences between the government regulated world of public universities and the market-driven world of international…
FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. Today RMIT’s Vice Chancellor…
Contact Margaret for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Article Feed
- Joined
