Publications

Professors Peter Brooks and Steve Trumble write in The Conversation (20.10.14) that higher university fees will drive medical graduates away from general practice and into high-fee

The Conversation’s panel of experts A panel of experts was invited to respond to the curriculum review by ‘The Conversation’ Experts respond in ‘The Conversation’ »

John Grundy writes (The Conversation, 10.10.14) that NZ has had to unwind many of its higher education ‘reforms’ after ‘nasty, unintended consequences’. Will Australia learn from

Senate Inquiry website Senate Inquiry on Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 – link to Inquiry site. Higher Education Senate Inquiry 2014 link »

Emmaline Bexley argues in The Conversation (9.10.14) that continued regulation of university fees ‘will not mean ranking death for Australian universities.  Continued under investment, however, will’.

In University World News (Issue 0037, 5.10.14), Geoff Maslin reports on a speech by Michael Gallagher, executive director of the ‘Group of Eight’ in which he

Alan Montague writes in The Conversation (3.10.14) that the quality of current training and development is under question, ‘and it is a problem – a major

Ben Phillips and Stephen Parker write in The Conversation (4.10.14) that the UWA’s recently announced post-deregulation price structure, setting fees as high as A$16,000 per year,

Tim Pitman writes in The Conversation (30.9.14) that 130 submissions have been received by the higher education Senate inquiry: ‘A few embrace higher ed changes but

‘The federal government’s competition review is disastrously wrong about education’ writes Dean Ashenden in Inside Story (24.9.14) Dean Ashenden on why the competition review is wrong

Cameron Atfield reports in the Brisbane Times (26.9.14) that the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland has warned that UQ would be forced to enrol international