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Is there need for much more innovation in higher education in Australia?

Is higher education sufficiently innovative? You’d think that with universities crammed full of society’s most intelligent people they would be [...]

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When it comes to fee rises, universities should be careful what they wish for

All Australian universities charge domestic students exactly the same tuition fee for the same course. This is not surprising. The [...]

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A blank page, plenty of resources: what would your future university look like?

In this latest guest post, Macquarie Graduate School of Management’s Professor John Croucher – one of Australia’s most prominent statisticians [...]

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Why we shouldn’t be scared about the caps coming off student numbers

In the latest of a series of guest posts Macquarie University’s Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor John [...]

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From skills to expertise: the life-long learning graduate of the future

In a recent post I began a list of the generic skills which I believe all graduates should possess. This [...]

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Lighthouse shines as a beacon for all those who want to publish an ebook

In the latest of a series of guest posts SHARON KERR, Manager of Macquarie University Accessibility Services, discusses the benefits [...]

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The future has arrived and now is the time to get serious about change

Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) is a self-described living laboratory for fundamental change in higher education. Its [...]

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Higher education, opportunity, and the building blocks of a fair society

Writing in The Financial Review today I described how, not too long ago, I found myself on the losing side [...]

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10,000 books, 10,000 miles

My new ebook: one small step in the academic publishing revolution

I am very pleased to be launching my new ebook 10,000 books 10,000 miles: The journey towards wisdom today. It [...]

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Should universities make the time to teach students ‘intellectual virtues’?

ARE universities providing the best possible education for their students? Good question, and if you put it to Barry Schwartz [...]

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This is the blog of Professor Steven Schwartz, Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University. This is a moderated blog. Publication of responses is at the moderator's discretion. As a guide, responses should not be obscene, offensive, defamatory, infringe copyright, or be intended to upset others. Comments submitted for publication on this blog site may be edited.