Columnist Richard Hil takes a look at what can happen if academics are pushed too far by endless change and mounting regulation After years of complaining bitterly about excessive workloads, stress, over-regulation, diminished status and poor pay compared to workers ...

These days, an ever-important concept in the lexicon of the Prime Minister is the term “structural adjustment”. She often alludes to the structural adjustment that is required for the nation as it comes to grips with the government putting a ...

How do Australia’s universities experience the changes that are sweeping through the higher education sector? Differently, no doubt. Despite a common university mission of teaching, research and service, it is a diverse sector with a variety of institutional histories, geographies ...

When I joined the University of Wollongong in 1990 from UTS, there was a great sense of optimism about the future – both in Wollongong and in the higher education sector generally. We were emerging from the John Dawkins era ...

It’s not an easy time for universities. What continuing level of funding will Canberra provide for increased domestic student enrolments? Will declining international revenue cover shortfalls? Will they gain or lose domestic students with caps lifted on Commonwealth Supported Place? ...

Twenty years is a long time in higher education, although it is eerie how many of the issues remain largely the same despite several attempts to address them: worsening staff-student ratios, lack of adequate funding, concerns about quality, the allocation ...

The higher education landscape in Australia has altered dramatically since the first issue of Campus Review hit the stands in August 1991. The past twenty years is testament to the fact that universities are both resilient and adaptable. Through the ...

The world of education is a funny place. It remains one of the last bastions of the struggle between the classes - only in this instance it is the struggle between academic and vocational. In Canberra, a decision has been ...

Academics – and particularly historians – must have stifled a laugh when they read Fred Hilmer’s prescription for a “brave new world” of university governance. (Campus Review, June 14). According to the UNSW vice-chancellor, modern university governance needs fewer elected ...

As the embryonic Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) takes form, the five standards domains – Provider, Qualifications, Teaching & Learning, Research and Information Standards – are currently works in progress. At this stage the Information Standards domain appears ...