Universities in crisis? They've been there before, and found a way out theconversation.com/universities-i… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand. Extract from my new book with James Waghorne

Read the latest edited extract of UA’s commissioned new history, Australian Universities: A history of common cause in today’s The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand ow.ly/zNN850CbUar

Many masters, few functionaries as professional ranks transform timeshighereducation.com/news/many-mast… via Times Higher Education. Melbourne CSHE. My latest research with Peter Woelert

Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next? theconversation.com/australian-uni… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Are you interested in undertaking a PhD examining the changing university workforce in Australia? Peter Woelert and I have a PhD stipend available (some conditions apply): scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/phd-sch…

My most recent piece in The Conversation: theconversation.com/lets-talk-abou…

My latest paper with Peter Woelert shows the growth in the proportion of senior staff at Australian universities and the change in professional staff composition. doi.org/10.1007/s10734…. Open access too.

Please join @Juliaho, Hannah Forsyth she/her 🍉 @hannahforsyth.bsky.soci, Bruce Chapman, @wdlocke, Gwil Croucher and me for a wide-ranging discussion about 1974 and ‘free’ university education. What did it mean and what were its enduring legacies? 7–8.30pm, 17 November 2021 - a free event eventbrite.com.au/e/the-theodore…

Our new analysis on the cost of teaching: :melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/… Rigid subsidies a mismatch for university course costs afr.com/policy/health-… Melbourne CSHE Lea Patterson 🇦🇺 🇺🇦

My new essay on Australian higher education griffithreview.com/articles/follo… in the latest edition of Griffith Review bit.ly/3u4DV9d Melbourne CSHE

Check out our Occasional Paper #1 by Andrew Norton to explore the history and rationales behind the changes in student contributions system of Australian public #universities from 1989 - 2021. 🔗 melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/publications/m…

My take on the universities accord. theconversation.com/the-universiti… The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Melbourne CSHE

Join us 14 & 15 September to hear from Professor Daniel Eisenberg (UCLA) and Professor Gigi Foster (UNSW) as they discuss the future of the Australian university workforce and student wellbeing. To register please see link in bio or visit go.unimelb.edu.au/qd2s

Andrew Norton's Mapping Australian higher education is a national asset. It is great that the latest edition is available in a year of discussion about the future of the sector.

Is lowering the student loan repayment threshold fair for students? theconversation.com/is-lowering-th… The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Rushed reform benefits no one in the end theconversation.com/rushed-reform-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

There is more agreement between the parties on higher ed than slogans suggest theconversation.com/there-is-more-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Are university flagship courses actually workable? And will they be a disaster for equity? theconversation.com/are-university… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

latest column: time to reduce the number of PhD students, or rethink how doctoral programs work theconversation.com/its-time-to-re… The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

My latest piece - Are universities part of the populism problem? pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/are-u…