There’s more in the Mail

In Features this morning

James Guthrie (Macquarie U) sets out the nine major changes to university governance and purpose proposed by staff and student organisations

plus Merlin Crossley UNSW) laments education status as social marker. “Privileging a single form of achievement will never help us build an inclusive and cohesive society.”

with Christy Collis (Uni Southern Queensland) on the digital skills gap. “Our students may know how to use digital tools, but we are not necessarily teaching them how to be successful digital workers, she warns in an essay for Contributing Editor Sally Kift’s celebrated series, Needed now in teaching and learning.

and Angel Calderon digs (really, really digs) into the QS subject rankings to rate how the university alliances did. He found good results for the Group of Eight and the Australian Technology Network.

 

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