This Month
Pro-Palestine ‘tent cities’ not going anywhere, students vow
Hundreds of students have camped out at universities demanding the institutions cut ties with weapon manufacturers and condemn Israel’s war in Gaza.
- Gus McCubbing and Julie Hare
Dutton calls on unis to shut down pro-Palestinian protests
Peter Dutton says vice chancellors are tolerating racist protests on their campuses and should shut the activists down.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- University
No safe spaces for Jewish students at universities
Vice chancellors say what’s happening on campuses here is a million miles away from what’s happening in the US. That’s a statement of wishful thinking – not reality.
- John Roskam
March
Thodey to replace Hutchinson as Sydney University chancellor
With Sydney Uni deriving about half its revenue from foreign students, incoming chancellor David Thodey welcomes “a conversation” about effect on the broader community.
- Julie Hare
February
- Opinion
- Education
Flaws in the fix for universities
The Universities Accord is supposed to be a blueprint for Australia’s higher education sector, but there are more questions than answers about how its goals will be achieved.
- Jennifer Hewett
‘Wealth tax’ for top unis in $10b funding shake-up
A major review of higher education has recommended a return to demand-driven funding to get more poor students into university; a $10 billion infrastructure fund; an independent tertiary education commission; and bonuses paid based on graduation.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
September 2023
Australia’s most powerful people in education in 2023
There are significant changes ahead for the way children are taught in schools and the cross-section of students at universities.
- Julie Hare
August 2023
Are ‘faux’ professorships undermining academia?
Professors of practice bring vast real-world experience into university, but a group of traditionalists is not a fan.
- Julie Hare
Universities’ stranglehold on new teachers undermining reform
Universities educate 99 per cent of new teachers, but high attrition rates suggest many are not doing a great job of it.
- Julie Hare
July 2023
- Opinion
- Education
At last, urgent change for education seems possible
Will there finally be progress improving teacher training to ensure quality becomes the standard in Australia not reliant on the dedication of individual teachers?
- Jennifer Hewett
‘No esoteric ideas’: Hordes of teachers sign up for practical reading courses
Eight thousand teachers have signed up for courses to learn the basics of evidence-based instruction over the past three years, proof of huge unmet demand for practical help in teaching and managing classes.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
Teacher accreditation standards ‘need teeth’: Scott
New national practical teaching guidelines will be developed by the end of 2023, education ministers agreed on Thursday.
- Tom McIlroy
April 2023
From Delhi slum to Sydney Uni: how a scholarship changed Sumit’s life
The 21-year-old high-achieving student never thought he would get to university. Now, he is studying his master of public policy in Sydney.
- Georgie Moore
February 2023
Master’s enrolment collapse a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for unis
Sydney University vice chancellor Mark Scott has warned the big fall in masters graduates is an ominous sign to the university sector.
- Tom Burton
August 2022
- Opinion
- Schools
Jason Clare must mark Australian education much harder
Everyone should hope Education Minister Jason Clare can sort out the continuing failure to improve teaching standards
- Jennifer Hewett
July 2022
Skills quick fix is failing, vice chancellor says
University of Sydney vice chancellor Mark Scott will use the jobs summit in September to push for more university places to fill long-term shortages across engineering, teaching, nursing and aged care.
- Georgie Moore
This university boss just hired five executives, and they’re all women
University of Sydney vice chancellor Mark Scott says the systemic under-use of women in the workforce is a ‘scandalous’ waste’.
- Georgie Moore
February 2022
Revamp status of teaching profession to attract the best: report
Universities need to be bold and creative in attracting the best and brightest to the teaching profession, and that includes mid-career professionals.
- Julie Hare
September 2021
Sydney Uni is good, but Melbourne is better, says Mark Scott
Australian universities suffer from “profound structural problems” in how they are funded which is undermining domestic students, says Mark Scott.
- Julie Hare
March 2021
Mark Scott appointed as head of Sydney University
The top job at The University of Sydney is to be taken by Mark Scott, currently the head of the NSW Department of Education and formerly the managing director of the ABC.
- Julie Hare
