The week in higher education – 8 August 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Augar plans could be ‘devastating’ for research, peers warn
Lords committee says Augar panel ‘missed mark’ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching
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University of Queensland to offer Western civilisation courses
Agreement with controversial Ramsay Centre follows divisive internal debate
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Careers intelligence: how to write a reference
Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on dealing with the deluge of student reference requests – and on how to get a decent one yourself
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Kowtowing to politicians is shameful and wrong
If universities don’t assert their expertise, demands from ministers and industry will become ever more misguided, says Dawn Freshwater
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Dartmouth to pay $14 million in sexual assault case
Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex
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Australian funding plan means subpar universities ‘ceding autonomy’
‘Distinctive Australian’ scheme will ‘buffer out unintended consequences’, architect says
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Plan to ring-fence junior scholars’ research time scrapped
Early career academics dismayed to see 20 per cent threshold for independent projects and personal development dropped from UK guidelines
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German academia faces reckoning over lack of diversity
As in the UK and the US, universities face questions about whether their curricula feature enough non-white voices
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Women participate less in bigger science classes, study finds
Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures
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Authoritarian shift undermines China’s science moonshot
Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise
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GSM students count the cost of ministerial experiments
Conversations with students at the failed for-profit provider reveal much about its business model and the Department for Education’s judgement, writes John Morgan
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into your email, the administrative shark returns
John Brinnamoor’s floundering doggy-paddle is no match for the voracious jaws of his university’s antiquated data-gobblers
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Australian performance funding approach outlined
Retention, graduate employment, student feedback and widening participation to guide distribution