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The $128 million funding boost for the tertiary sector is only a stop-gap measure. But it can buy time for a genuine rethink of the entire system.
Why The Conversation U.S. started an investigative unit.
Unlocking the full potential of retirement: embracing fun, connections and new experiences.
While derision and mockery permeate airwaves and social media feeds, satire holds the key to creating a more informed, engaged electorate.
Overall, women receive a smaller share of research funding – but it’s not due to how applications are weighed up. The problem starts with the workforce itself.
Traditional university research needs a makeover and we’ve worked out a way to do it.
What does secondhand embarrassment say about your own anxieties and biases?
Our higher education system has served Australia well over the past 30 years. But it is not fit for the rapid pace of change the world will be see over the coming decades.
Education Minister Jason Clare has just released a highly anticipated review into how research is funded in Australia.
Why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover: the limitations of reading body language.
The European Union’s 10-year Human Brain Project is coming to a close. Whether this controversial 1 billion-euro project achieved its aims is unclear, but its online forum did foster collaboration.
Emphasizing threats to children is a well-worn refrain among those worried about the decline of American culture and values.
In a loosely regulated industry, followers shouldn’t necessarily buy what these influencers are selling.
Researchers are key to Canada’s capacity to create a high-tech economy, build the biomedical sector and seed entrepreneurial activity, but they can’t do it without research funding.
Canada’s innovation problem stems from an outdated research and development model. It is time to redesign the research department to include more social scientists and fewer technocrats.
What is the responsibility of the publisher – and the many readers hungry for trauma memoirs – towards the authors who re-live their trauma to write their books? Some are calling for a new approach.
Decades of government Indigenous Affairs policy has not delivered. A new approach is needed. Policy-making informed by Indigenous lived experience through a Voice to parliament may be the answer.
Twitter has long allowed anyone to access its data about who tweeted what and when. This has been a boon to research, from public health to criminology. The new fees put that research at risk.
Forcing universities to only serve the needs of the labour market undermines their abilities to educate students and conduct research.
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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