Good Riddance? Or Bad Judgments? The Peter Ridd versus James Cook University saga has been examined in two courts so far, in 2019 and 2020. Ridd's sea of troubles arose from complaints by another JCU professor (coral research centre director Terry Hughes) about his criticisms of Great Barrier Reef research. He was sanctioned in 2016…
Guest lecture notes on the 2020 higher education policy reform plan, Job Ready Graduates
Last week the University of Melbourne's Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy invited me to present on this topic to a group of 46 students, studying Education Policy and Reform. Presentation and discussion with Education Policy and Reform students. Image source: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/game-of-thrones/ Our session was off-campus: a meeting of minds via Zoom, on a cool…
Game of Codes: will funding changes pervert the course of higher learning?
"A crime against the Humanities!" "An assault on the very Idea of a University." "A plot to STEM our CASSH-flow." "A cunning plan to muzzle critical thinking." "An ode to serfdom." “Polymorphously perverse! But not in a good way." Fake quotes, all. Yet they convey the vibe of many early reactions to the Education Minister's…
