How can undergraduates with little exposure to a discipline or subject be expected to criticise their lecturer or tutor before gaining an understanding of the discipline or subject itself, asks Irfan Yusuf.
Academics
Flint: New book explodes WorkChoices myths
A new book examining WorkChoices explodes some myths about IR system, including the misconception that it replaces a system which worked well. The old system was appalling and had to go, writes David Flint.
Time to end ministers’ defamation protection
We saw an example of the gay abandon with which politicians can defame yesterday when Joe Hockey and Peter Costello disparaged a report by Sydney University academics in to Australian Workplace Agreements.
