Indian students and criminal violence
The tragic murder of Nitin Garg has revived debate about violence against Indian students in Australia, spilling over into a range of statements at Ministerial level in both countries. I think there is no doubt that hate crimes occur in [...]
Pay attention to the review this time…
The Bradley review of higher education came out yesterday. The timing is strange – why release this the day after the CPRS, in the leadup to Christmas – but a lot of the sentiments seem promising at first glance: massively [...]
Allegations of academic bias in universities and schools: The Senate Report
As a parting gift to the nation, the Coalition majority in the Senate set up an inquiry into academic bias, at the instigation of the Young Liberals. It’s been discussed extensively before at LP on a number of occasions. The [...]
Exporting the Melbourne Model
As Luke Slattery observes, a significant number of universities are moving to emulate either the whole of or aspects of the Melbourne Model – generalist undergraduate degrees followed by vocational postgraduate degrees. UWA and Macquarie are the latest off the [...]
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