In Features this morning

Angel Calderon’s (RMIT) analysis of the new Times Higher impact rankings (CMM yesterday) – which Aus universities are up, those that are down, how it happens and why it matters.

And matters it does, “this is a moment of reckoning for many universities in Australia (and high-income economies) in how they perform in global rankings. It is a timely and brutal reminder that the world of higher education is changing. The results from the impact rankings shed light on how universities from middle income economies are shaping the global landscape,” he writes.

plus James Guthrie (Macquarie U) on what the 2021 university annual reports could reveal about management COVID-19 predictions and financial approaches. “The use of budgets as a calculative tool plays a crucial role in our universities’ construction, mobilisation and preservation of specific strategic and operational choices during periods of volatility.”

and 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.