Banking regulation can work €“ we are the proof

While the world looks on in admiration at our economy's relative strength €“ the first country to need to raise interest rates €“ there's a valuable lesson it can learn from our success: sensibly done, government regulation of the financial markets can work a treat.

Academics feeling the heat

OLD, stressed and overworked €” experts say Australia's academics are headed for a crisis.

The Fabrication Behind A Quadrant Article

CONSERVATIVE historian Keith Windschuttle - who has previously derided left-wing academics for sloppy fact-checking and fabrication - has been caught in a hoax involving fake CSIRO research, genetic modification and a non-existent biotechnologist.

The Fabrication Of A Quadrant Article

CONSERVATIVE historian Keith Windschuttle - who has previously derided left-wing academics for sloppy fact-checking and fabrication - has been caught in a hoax involving fake CSIRO research, genetic modification and a non-existent biotechnologist.

Young, Gifted And Conservative Must Step Into Void

Nigel Freitas raises a valid concern that there is a lack of conservative thinking in academia ("Academic freedom: exit, far left", October 21). However, he unfairly targets left-leaning academics as the cause.

Liberals Release Bias List

A UNIVERSITY of Newcastle lecturer has been named on a Young Liberals "blacklist" of academics accused of having left-wing bias.

Academics Rally Against Young Liberal 'witch-hunt'

ACADEMICS have accused the Young Liberals of a "witch-hunt" after two blacklists of Australian university lecturers accused of having a left-wing bias were presented to the Senate inquiry into academic freedom in Sydney yesterday.

... As Experts Condemn His $1b Black Hole 'beat-up'

MICHAEL COSTA'S $1 billion black hole is a beat-up, two leading academics said yesterday.

Uow Awards

TWO University of Wollongong academics were recognised at the inaugural NSW Scientist of the Year Awards held in Sydney earlier this week.

Academics In Freedom Rally

The pursuit of funding limits public debate, some academics fear. By Bridie Smith.

Support Rises For Dissident Academic

ACADEMICS and free-market experts have come out in support of Melbourne University transport academic Paul Mees.

2000 Years To Bridge Income Gap

A GROUP of academics predict it could take 2000 years to bridge the gap in the median household income of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

Do The Maths And Read The New Figures

The debate about how well students read fires up academics as well as parents and teachers, writes Anna Patty.

Bulldoze Old Power Stations, Says Adviser

COAL-FIRED power stations should not be privatised but bulldozed over the next 20 years to curb greenhouse gas emissions, one of the state's leading energy academics has told the Iemma Government.

Workforce 'needs More Migrants'

AUSTRALIA has to increase immigration to meet future labour force demands, two academics have warned.

Friends And Foes Unite To Farewell A True Contrarian

THEY came in their hundreds - academics, political heavyweights, journalists and former newspaper editors, one-time anarchists and libertarians, friends and foes - to attend the funeral yesterday of Padraic Pearse (Paddy) McGuinness, who died last week at the age of 69.

University Forces Awas On Academics

NEW academics at the University of Wollongong are being forced to accept Australian Workplace Agreements, which their union says do not guarantee academic freedoms.

Top-class Teachers

FIVE University of Newcastle academics have been recognised as among the best teachers in NSW.

Casual Teachers Inflating Grades: Academics

THE rising proportion of casual lecturers at universities has been linked to inflated grades for students.

Academics Fight Class Size Proposal

UNIVERSITY standards for honours and PhD graduates have fallen, argue academics who say they are being encouraged to inflate student grades and teach bigger classes.