Australian public universities have undergone extensive policy reforms since the 1980s, driven by neoliberal ideologies that emphasise free …
Every year, a fraction of the world’s forcibly-displaced people get the opportunity to resettle in one of the main refugee-resettling countries, including Australia. Refugees escape war and violence and search for a place to rebuild their lives. Access to and success in higher education supports refugee integration. However, while access to higher education is around …
Every year Job-ready Graduates continues, with the top student contribution now above $15,000 a year, students charged this amount sink further into a debt that will take them many years, and potentially decades, to pay off. …
My children were two and three years old in March of 2020 when Sydney went into its first COVID-19 lockdown. At the time, I was in an education-focussed leadership role but also still teaching and conducting research. I was supporting my colleagues as they pivoted to online learning at the same time as helping implement …
Fresh from delivering a widely-applauded keynote at this year’s HERDSA conference, “Fragility or tenacity? Equity and participation in …
The cost of teaching a student from a low SES background is significantly higher than for more advantaged …
Apparently international PhD students in Australia now have to seek ministerial approval to change their thesis topic or …
An academic career centered on teaching should not be associated with a dead-end, or second-rate professional life. It …
While in recent decades there has been a focus on improving equitable access to higher education, inequalities cannot be overcome by simply exhorting more young people to go to university. Policies must also address the disparities between students that affect their capacity to ‘choose’ higher education. Australia has seen substantial growth in university enrolments since …