New in Expert Opinion

The British Academy is allocating small grants via lottery (CMM Friday). Adrian Barnett from QUT advised the Brits on the scheme and makes the case for random selection of qualified apps. “When you have a highly competitive system, with lots of excellent applicants and not enough money the final decisions between choosing who to fund and not to fund are on a knife edge, it’s like choosing your favourite shade of blue,” new in Expert Opinion, ep 15 HERE

plus Kelly Matthews (Uni Queensland ) on the changing challenges and opportunities in teaching – “we have got to have raise the skill-set across all teaching academics,” ep 14 HERE.

also in EO, Claire Field on what’s next for VET following the Jobs and Skills Summit, ep 13 HERE

And in Features this morning

For work integrated learning to work it needs collaborative curriculum design. The Board of the Australian Collaborative Education Network makes the case in a contribution to Commissioning Editor Sally Kift’s celebrated series, Needed now in learning and teaching.

plus Tim Winkler on the great Uni Tasmania debate – people are arguing about the wrong issues