In Features this morning

On Closing the Gap Day, Maree Meredith (Flinders U’s Poche Centre) reports on new approaches to improving health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

plus James Guthrie (Macquarie U) and Basil Tucker (Uni SA) on the “accountingisation” of research assessment. “Calculative practices and numbers become powerful forces determining the reputation of individuals, disciplines and the universities themselves and the progression of academics within them,” they argue.

with Frank Larkins (Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education) look at COVID job losses across the states and reports staff at NSW universities had the worst of it – with managements there appearing to anticipate more declines in student demand.

and Linda Corrin (Swinburne U) on cooking up a learning analytics storm. The ingredients are just the start. Commissioning Editor Sally Kift’s new selection for her celebrated series, Needed know in teaching and learning.