‘No conflict’ between academic and trade books University presses need to collaborate and think big in an uncertain marketplace, says UNSW executive John Ross 2月 17日
Corporate collaborations yield ‘significant’ pure research Evidence suggests citations boost from working with industry John Ross 2月 15日
Opposition weighs debt forgiveness plan for rural teachers Doubts over impact of Australian scheme after previous fee discount programme was scrapped John Ross 2月 14日
Defence chiefs’ push for more control over research rebuffed Universities ‘relieved’ at rejection of defence department demands for more control over technology they create John Ross 2月 14日
Teaching evaluations ‘mirror students’ gender and culture’ Gradings influenced more by sex and ethnicity than teachers’ experience John Ross 2月 13日
Wollongong clarifies Ramsay sway over Western civilisation course Australian university releases details of curriculum for philanthropically funded degree John Ross 2月 12日
TEF head makes case Down Under for ‘rebalancing’ sector targets Sir Chris Husbands visits Australia as it considers introducing performance-related funding system similar to UK’s teaching excellence framework John Ross 2月 11日
Mainstream or monograph? Melbourne exposes publishing dilemma University presses should not produce popular books at the expense of academic ones, say scholars John Ross 2月 11日
Online recruitment of research subjects ‘an ethical minefield’ Australian researchers say a lack of guidance material forces researchers to second-guess ethics committees John Ross 2月 11日
Melbourne Publishing’s potboiler poses questions about role of uni press If popular books trump scholarly monographs, what’s the point of academic publishers? asks John Ross John Ross 2月 11日
Martin Green: Sun King’s supervisor basks in rays of hope Counting China’s first green billionaire among your mentees doesn’t hurt in funding applications, says UNSW professor John Ross 2月 10日
Queensland union members reject ‘Western civilisation’ courses Ramsay Centre proposal ‘crosses red lines’, says union John Ross 2月 7日