Insights
Views, opinions and comments on contemporary governance, strategy, education, and institutional complexity issues.
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Mistaking participation for pathways
Before we join up the tertiary system, we need to be clear about what kind of movement we are describing.
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The Discomforting Comfort of More Regulation
The 2026–27 Education Portfolio Budget Statements read like a partial reform agenda sitting on top of an operating model that is no longer fit for purpose.
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Harmonisation is Not the Goal — It’s the Enabler
Analysis of current and emerging issues in tertiary policy, with a focus on what harmonisation between VET and higher education is actually meant to enable.
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TEQSA Reform and the Wrong Question
The Government’s TEQSA reform consultation is framed as a broad review, but its narrow structure assumes the regulator needs more powers rather than the will to use the extensive powers it already…
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Australian Universities: Mainframes in a Cloud World
Australian universities are mainframes in a cloud world. Bloated, brittle, and built for a century that no longer exists.