Gwil Croucher
@Gwil_C
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Higher education researcher and analyst. Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
Joined December 2014
Andrew Norton's Mapping Australian higher education is a national asset. It is great that the latest edition is available in a year of discussion about the future of the sector.
Mapping Australian higher education 2023, the sixth in my series of reports on Australian higher education, is now available. Covers enrolment trends, regulation, funding, benefits for graduates and the public, and much else.
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My new essay on Australian higher education https://t.co/auVSCt34sk in the latest edition of @GriffithReview
https://t.co/y9dNaSYm1J
@MelbCSHE
griffithreview.com
Education never ends, as Sherlock Holmes once told Watson – but where does it begin? And how many different paths can we take on the journey to knowledge?
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Our new analysis on the cost of teaching: : https://t.co/4t8lxyD7Tf Rigid subsidies a mismatch for university course costs https://t.co/6GIvbvRLZZ
@MelbCSHE @PilbaraGroupLea
afr.com
New analysis reveals huge variation in the costs of teaching a university course depending on where, how and to whom it is taught.
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Please join @Juliaho, @hannahforsyth, Bruce Chapman, @wdlocke, @Gwil_C and me for a wide-ranging discussion about 1974 and ‘free’ university education. What did it mean and what were its enduring legacies? 7–8.30pm, 17 November 2021 - a free event https://t.co/MR5FgKTp9y
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My latest paper with @PeterWoelert shows the growth in the proportion of senior staff at Australian universities and the change in professional staff composition. https://t.co/3TTg9kn93o. Open access too.
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Are you interested in undertaking a PhD examining the changing university workforce in Australia? @PeterWoelert and I have a PhD stipend available (some conditions apply): https://t.co/tLEX4aKdmp
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Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next? https://t.co/KYTT0J66ar via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
The focus on rankings has been more a symptom than a cause of the challenge Australian universities face, namely a structural change in their revenue base.
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Many masters, few functionaries as professional ranks transform https://t.co/buZyHfwNxY via @timeshighered. @MelbCSHE. My latest research with @PeterWoelert
timeshighereducation.com
Unpublished Australian data show that number of regular support staff positions has shrunk while executive roles have expanded massively
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Read the latest edited extract of UA’s commissioned new history, Australian Universities: A history of common cause in today’s @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
A post-war funding crisis forced universities to take the initiative in making their case to the public. A new history explores how universities did it and the changes they brought about.
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Universities in crisis? They've been there before, and found a way out https://t.co/pseOTA0QYV via @ConversationEDU. Extract from my new book with @ejwaghorne
theconversation.com
A post-war funding crisis forced universities to take the initiative in making their case to the public. A new history explores how universities did it and the changes they brought about.
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My latest piece - Are universities part of the populism problem?
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
Universities are key drivers of educated debate, so amid rising populism, what have they been doing asks University of Melbourne expert
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latest column: time to reduce the number of PhD students, or rethink how doctoral programs work https://t.co/fmUSqVBzM6
@ConversationEDU
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Are university flagship courses actually workable? And will they be a disaster for equity? https://t.co/EIT4vpG3WF via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
If the flagship policy does not end up driving choice or quality, it is hard to see it gaining support.
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There is more agreement between the parties on higher ed than slogans suggest https://t.co/NCUQ859o2x via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Despite the obvious differences over fee deregulation, there is more agreement between the political parties on higher education than slogans suggest.
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Rushed reform benefits no one in the end https://t.co/ToD3mSIJRk via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
The onus is now on students, universities and the wider public to make clear where they stand on the options laid out in the discussion paper.
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Is lowering the student loan repayment threshold fair for students? https://t.co/cyjBBFOcLT
@ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
A new report has called on the government to lower the threshold at which university graduates repay their debt from $54,126 to $42,000. But is this fair on students?
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University councils need greater expertise, including staff and student voices https://t.co/bYBkSh527d via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Councils matter to the character and success of a university. But do their members truly represent staff and students?
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Funding higher education: time for a more transparent system? https://t.co/dNziAIBFGx via @ConversationEDU
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