If a wealthy sandstone institution such as Sydney University cannot find a way to retain exceptional talent, who will step into the breach?, writes Catriona Menzies-Pike, an English PhD, teacher and editor.
Academics
Warning to academics: prepare to be Bolted
Attention academics, do you have any of these traits? Gender studies, feminism, Indigenous affairs, a public profile, a willingness to stand up for yourself. Well, expect to be Bolted, warns Dave Gaukroger.
Professor Google and those left wing academics
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.
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.
