Lisa Batten

Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025 Committee: Education and Employment Legislation Committee Date referred: 5 February 2026 Submissions close: 10 April 2026 Reporting date: 25 June 2026 On 5 February 2026, the Senate referred the Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hi

📓New Bill open for submission until 10 April on reversing JRG.
🗣️Parliament of Australia, Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse JRG Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025
Details here: https://loom.ly/D8VAIx8

Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low

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As part of the #PhDmums study, we asked almost 1000 current and former doctoral researchers who also had a mother(-like) role, to share their advice, which we have distilled and shared in our new paper.

Link: lnkd.in/gxyrtadd
If you don't have access, 50 free copies here: lnkd.in/gmYUMuDp

a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls . ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls .

The government of Iceland listening to this speech

Iceland right now

Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity The University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, who has died aged 52, was driven by a deep love of science and a desire to safeguard the planet’s future.

Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity
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Notice of the passing of the University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emma Johnston AO The University of Melbourne advises with deep sadness of the passing of Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emma Johnston AO, due to complications associated with cancer.

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the problem statement Most research proposals, dissertations and funding bids start off with some kind of problem statement. A research/thesis problem statement needs to do several interconnected things to work well. At…

This week a very short guide to writing a thesis or research problem statement patthomson.net/2025/11/18/t...

A study has identified a disconnect between researchers who study higher education and those who manage higher education institutions, with a lack of communication potentially hampering both sides #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/he-research-rarely-informs-administrators-decisions

Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment":

www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century Literature lovers braved wintry weather to pass thousands of books from Hill of Content’s original Bourke Street premises to its new home

The news we need today 🥹https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/10/hill-of-content-bookshop-melbourne-human-chain-bourke-street-move

The odds of becoming a doctor when you live west of the 'Red Rooster line' You might think all students stand equal at the doorstep of Australia’s universities. But when Fahad tried to become a doctor, he had to navigate a system that seemed to punish him.

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Help ‘near miss’ researchers reapply for funding, says study Calls for funders to launch ‘random draws’ and offer mentorship to promising applicants who fail to receive grants

Early career researchers who narrowly miss out on funding should be encouraged to try again because their work is often cited more than those whose research is funded first time around, a major international study has recommended

#AcademicSky #highered

TRIO Advocates Worry After Upward Bound Grants Discontinued The Trump administration discontinued Upward Bound grants at two community colleges without warning, shocking college leaders and worrying TRIO proponents.

The Trump administration discontinued Upward Bound grants at two community colleges without warning, shocking college leaders and worrying TRIO proponents.

Australians in limbo as Trump says Harvard's 'getting their ass kicked' Harvard University's Australian students' group chat is often focused on picnics and pub nights. But it's now blowing up with talk about the Trump administration's sudden move to end their enrolment.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Well payed, Harvard, well played.

Harvard offers FREE American Government course.

Australian embassy monitoring as White House bars Harvard's foreign students The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University's ability to enrol international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfe...

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Who are learning designers in post-pandemic Australasian universities? Australasian learning designers have been instrumental in supporting learning, teaching and the digital transformation of universities for over 50 years. Still, little is known about these chameleo...

Delighted that our paper "Who are learning designers in post-pandemic Australasian universities?" is published in HERD. Great to collaborate with Lye Ee (Rebecca) Ng & @mmhinze.bsky.social on this article.

Thanks to LDs who participated in this research.
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Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allan is being honoured by France The Australian who rushed four German machine-gun nests has been named an honorary citizen of the Somme * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast Outside the French town of Péronne on 31 August 1918, Private William Allan Irwin – a Gomeroi man from near Coonabarabran in New South Wales – was pinned down by German machine-gun fire alongside fellow Australian soldiers from the 33rd infantry battalion. They had been ordered to wrest control of enemy-held positions in an area known as Road Wood during the battle of Mont St-Quentin. Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allan is being honoured by France

Thanks to the efforts of archivists at least some of ERIC remains open archive.org/details/eric...

A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week

#ERICdatabase
#academicsky
The Trump administration is literally 'burning the books'.

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Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

Vale ERIC obliterated in another attack on freedom of information. www.governing.com/policy/major...

It's also not lost that the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) and NCES, the Department's main source for educational research and statistics, had over 30 million annual visits. These offices housed within ED have been stripped of most of their operating staff within the last month. 2/2

Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

"ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center and it is a curated online public library of 2.1 million educational documents that is funded and managed by the U.S. Education Department."

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Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

www.governing.com/policy/major...

“Education is used by the rest of the world to at least try to break down the class system.

Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one.” @janecaro.bsky.social
#auspol
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Good for Harvard

Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands with federal funding at risk The university’s response comes after the government announced a federal review of nearly $9 billion in funding to Harvard and its affiliates.

Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands with federal funding at risk.

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Harvard FTW: "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government."

This is absolutely correct, and maddening.