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Large growth in student numbers is threatening sustainability of university system

  • Written by Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney
imageThere needs to be a frank discussion about how the government spends its education dollars.from www.shutterstock.com

A successful innovation nation needs three things from its universities: excellence in teaching and research, high levels of participation, and equity of access.

The current policy settings, while having achieved requisite levels of...

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The off-topic Conversation #98

  • Written by Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Coalition leads in ReachTEL, but not in other polls

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, PhD Student, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

The ReachTEL robopoll has followed last week’s strong Coalition result with another 52-48 to the Coalition by last election preferences. However, the other polls in the field last week and this week disagree, and have it either tied or a 51-49 Labor lead. If ReachTEL is correct, the Coalition is very likely to win, but if other polls are...

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Election explainer: how does the Senate count work?

  • Written by Stephen Morey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University
imageThe best way to ensure your vote contributes as much as it can to the election of senators is to number as many squares as you can.AAP/Mick Tsikas

At a double-dissolution election, each state will elect 12 senators, while the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory will each elect two.

Following the Turnbull government’s recent...

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  1. To Elle and Back: Reviewing the reviewers
  2. What sort of Reserve Bank governor will Philip Lowe be?
  3. Major parties are behind the times – and strangely silent – on social policy
  4. The growing cost of internships could add to inequality
  5. A fanfare of failures: why celebrate Florence Foster Jenkins and Eddie the Eagle?
  6. Science or snake oil: is Garcinia cambogia the magic weight-loss pill it's hyped up to be?
  7. Catholic church starts small but is clearly thinking big on fossil fuel divestment
  8. UFOs, climate change and missing airliners: how to separate fact from fiction
  9. Shorten seeks to keep alive hope of a Labor win
  10. Bill Shorten's campaign pitch: don't risk Medicare under the Liberals
  11. On track for the Rio Olympics? IAAF ban means Russian athletes may not compete
  12. In the world's biggest city, the past offers lessons for surviving the future
  13. Shorten plays Facebook game, telling people to hit Like
  14. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, May 2016
  15. A new normal, as Basslink finally resumes
  16. Cattle 'sledgehammering' in Vietnam raises yet more questions over live export
  17. From the Queen of Sheba to Jeffrey Smart: how art shaped Bruce Beresford
  18. The problem with reinforced concrete
  19. Spiny crayfish and their flatworm friends: an ancient partnership revealed
  20. Uncapping of university places achieved what it set out to do. So why is it dubbed a policy failure?
  21. Vital Signs: an election in Australia, a key poll in the UK, all lead to uncertainty
  22. Both parties to launch in western Sydney, the symbolic heartland of uncommitted but powerful voters
  23. Coffee won't give you cancer, unless it's very very hot, then it might
  24. Did snakes evolve from ancient sea serpents?
  25. Brexit: lessons and implications for Australia
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the slow campaign
  27. Uncapping of university places has not failed disadvantaged students
  28. Budget transparency missing from the West's plan for Iraq
  29. State of the states: how local politics in the Northern Territory could muddy the federal vote
  30. 700,000 Palmer United Party votes up for grabs: who'll win them this time?
  31. How the Property Council is shaping the debate around negative gearing, taxes
  32. What evidence is there that internships secure employment?
  33. State of the states: why Labor's fortunes are on the rise in Western Australia
  34. Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
  35. Personalised medicine has obvious benefits but has anyone thought about the issues?
  36. Infographic: The state of coal
  37. Will climate and emissions targets really curb China’s coal consumption? Only time will tell
  38. Apple iOS 10 v Google Android: which is leading the way?
  39. Grattan on Friday: If Labor loses, what happens to Bill Shorten?
  40. Protections for Australian cattle found wanting – yet again
  41. Just the facts, ma'am: a guide to The Conversation's FactCheck process
  42. From tomboys and butch dykes to anything goes: how women's image has evolved on the footy field
  43. Is this injectable tanning drug safe to use?
  44. Survey: more Australians want climate action now than before the carbon tax
  45. Is Labor’s plan to create ten Institutes of Higher Education a good idea?
  46. State of the states: a handful of votes could decide Tasmania's Liberal-held seats
  47. Nice guys finish first: empathetic boys attract more close female friends
  48. Why are we still scared of seeing two men kissing?
  49. Digital disruption: STEM graduates and more regulation not the answer
  50. Victoria's renewables target joins an impressive shift towards clean energy
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