University challenge
Written by Steven Schwartz on April 23rd, 2008
Griffith University in Queensland has been in the news this week.
The Australian newspaper reported that Griffith had asked the Saudi embassy in Australia for a $1.37 million grant for its Islamic Research Unit.
Professor Ian O’Connor, Griffith’s vice-chancellor, has responded to The Australian’s claims on the university’s website, and you can read that here.
I cannot comment […]
Equity in higher education: a battle worth fighting
Written by Steven Schwartz on April 16th, 2008
The Federal Government has embarked on a review of Australian higher education, led by Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC, the former vice-chancellor of the University of South Australia.
The Review is to consider “the many issues and challenges” facing the sector with the idea of helping the Government to develop a policy agenda for higher education […]
Higher education: what skills do graduates need?
Written by Steven Schwartz on April 9th, 2008
An interesting debate is taking place in the UK on the proposition that “Renaissance man is dead. Education should be about training in subjects that will boost the economy.” Hosted by The Guardian newspaper and the thinktank Agora, the debate includes a couple of heavy hitters in A. C. Grayling, professor of philosophy at Birkbeck […]
Open Access could spell end for journals
Written by Steven Schwartz on April 2nd, 2008
Harvard University has just announced that academics in their Faculty of Arts and Sciences have voted to henceforth make their scholarly papers available free on the internet.
Academics will be able to make a case for an exemption, but the default position will be to make their articles freely available. It is the latest victory for […]