Government plans to introduce more flexibility could be destabilising for universities.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Academics
Displaying 61 - 80 of 133 articles
Closing the Office of Learning and Teaching removes Australia's national commitment to innovation and improved performance in learning and teaching.
Universities stand to benefit enormously if excellent teachers are celebrated and given the chance to share their skills, and if they have the power to really change their institutions.
Councils matter to the character and success of a university. But do their members truly represent staff and students?
Supervisors can significantly influence whether a PhD succeeds or fails. But their relationship style with PhD students can vary widely.
Academics from several South African universities say that in the current world economy decisions about any country's finance minister cannot be made "lightly or capriciously".
Subtly racist behaviour impacts heavily on the career trajectories of black and minority ethnic academics.
Prime Minister Turnbull has signalled a desire to move away from a 'publish or perish' academic culture toward one that prioritises public impact and engagement. It's a challenge scholars should embrace.
We must improve religious literacy among politicians. They should look to universities for more insight.
Publicly-funded research should contribute to society in some way. But we need to think carefully about how we create a system that allows us to measure the impact of research.
The students' movement has stretched South Africans in personal, professional, powerful and provocative ways. Have academics been stretched enough to reflect deeply on the status quo at universities?
Africa needs to develop a new generation of academics to drive the continent's teaching, learning, research and critical thinking into the future.
A new study shows that academics in regional universities are more likely to experience bullying than their city peers.
Could targeted, specific leadership development help university deans become the kinds of managers South African universities need?
Shouting past each other via different kinds of media isn't going to help researchers -- from éminences grises to new postdocs -- effectively work together on issues in the field of science.
There is more to drawing diaspora academics back to their home countries in Africa than striking up individual relationships. Infrastructure must be fixed and institutional management must improve.
There is a powerful African- born diaspora in North America and its members have much to offer their home continent. How should this relationship be crafted?
Higher education institutions that only hire academics from their own backyards simply cannot compete in this era of the global university.
Academics are on the frontline, battling the Home Office over new visa regulations.
Reading bullet points off a screen doesn't teach anyone anything.
Top contributors
-
Director of research training, Australian National University
-
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
-
Professor of Education and Social Justice, University of Birmingham
-
Lecturer in the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bradford
-
Lecturer in Marketing, Royal Holloway
-
Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
-
Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
-
Professor of Business Statistics, Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne
-
Chair & Professor of International Business, University of Manchester
-
Professor of Finance, President, UWA Academic Staff Association, University of Western Australia
-
Chancellor, Western Sydney University
-
Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
-
Lecturer, Research Education and Development, La Trobe University
-
Philosopher, The University of Melbourne
-
Euan Ritchie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
