The Conversation

Corporatization and commercialization, History, International issues, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission

Remaking Australian universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney

Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a […]

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Academic freedom, Free speech and expression rights, Universities and the academic mission

Universities: The often overlooked player in determining healthy democracies

Marc Spooner, University of Regina

In Georgia, the Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear […]

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Performance assessment, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

Universities need to focus on students—not teach to targets—to help them succeed

Catherine Carroll-Meehan, University of Portsmouth and Harriet Dunbar-Morris, University of Portsmouth

Kate Kultsevych/Shutterstock The Office for Students, England’s higher education regulator, has outlined new proposals to ensure university students reach “acceptable outcomes” from […]

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Health and safety, Public policy, Students, Tuition and student fees

The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of international students in Canada

Anil Varughese, Carleton University and Saul Schwartz, Carleton University

Universities and colleges need better, more easily accessible and culturally competent mental health services targeted to the needs of international students. (Shutterstock) […]

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Health and safety

Should university instructors disclose mental health conditions? It’s complicated

Jenn Bergen, University of Saskatchewan; Ana Carolina de Barros, University of Saskatchewan; Jan M Gelech, University of Saskatchewan; Shannon Forrester, University of Saskatchewan; Simonne Horwitz, University of Saskatchewan, and Vicki Squires, University of Saskatchewan

The choice about whether or not to disclose a mental health condition to colleagues or managers, or to share a personal mental […]

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Health and safety, Students, Tuition and student fees

‘You have to suffer for your PhD’: poor mental health among doctoral researchers – new research

Cassie M Hazell, University of Westminster

Ms.Lotus Bua/Shutterstock PhD students are the future of research, innovation and teaching at universities and beyond – but this future is at […]

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Equity and social justice, Free speech and expression rights, Health and safety, Performance assessment

Universities should no longer ask students for anonymous feedback on their teachers

Richard Lakeman, Southern Cross University; Deb Massey, Southern Cross University; Dima Nasrawi, Southern Cross University; Jann Fielden, Southern Cross University; Marie Hutchinson, Southern Cross University; Megan Lee, Bond University, and Rosanne Coutts, Southern Cross University

Shutterstock Editor’s note: This article contains language which some may find disturbing. Student evaluations, in the form of anonymous online surveys, are […]

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Corporatization and commercialization, Governance

2 out of 3 members of Australian university governing bodies have no professional expertise in the sector. There’s the making of a crisis

Alessandro Pelizzon, Southern Cross University; Adam Lucas, University of Wollongong; David Noble, Southern Cross University; Fran Baum, Flinders University; James Guthrie, Macquarie University; Justin O'Connor, University of South Australia; Oliver Vodeb, RMIT University; Peter Tregear, The University of Melbourne; Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University; Richard Hil, Griffith University; Siobhan Irving, Macquarie University, and Stephen Lake, University of Sydney

Shutterstock To say Australian universities are in crisis is to state the obvious. A common narrative suggests the most immediate cause of […]

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Corporatization and commercialization, Ethics, Health and safety, Public policy, Research and innovation

Banning non-disclosure agreements isn’t enough to stop unethical workplace leader behaviour

Peggy Cunningham, Dalhousie University and Minette Drumwright, University of Texas at Austin

Ending workplace sexual harassment means going beyond holding perpetrators to account to address a ‘network of complicity’ that enables unethical conduct. (Shutterstock) […]

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International issues, Participation and enrolment, Public policy, Research and innovation

International student numbers hit record highs in Canada, UK and US as falls continue in Australia and NZ

Peter Hurley, Victoria University and Melinda Hildebrandt, Victoria University

Shutterstock International students are heading to Canada, the UK and the US in record numbers despite the pandemic, new research by the […]

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