#Outreach initiatives can introduce potential students to the support that will be available on campus, develop their research skills and instil a sense of belonging before they arrive. Kealin McCabe outlines different approaches: https://ow.ly/6SBb50Z19I3#Outreach#HigherEd

The “problem” of Australian First Nations doctoral education: a policy analysis www.emerald.com/jsocm/articl...

‘What do you want to be?’ The spark that helps Indigenous people go to uni theconversation.com/what-do-you-...

The Ethics & Well-being Hub hosted the 2025 Melbourne Symposium on emotion regulation, featuring prominent national and international researchers and ERCs. Topics included social emotion management, mobile sensing technology and emotion dynamics. Learn more: go.unimelb.edu.au/8x7p

Discovery Projects EOI www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub.... The ARC has completed an internal review of the 2‑step application process introduced for Discovery Projects in 2023, following three rounds with an Expression of Interest (DP25–DP27).

New Australian higher education commission gets research brief. Parliament passes Atec legislation, including amendments giving it the power to consider research issues. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust....

We scored a win on the ATEC legislation last night, but the fight isn’t over. The Jobs‑Ready Graduates scheme has to go! 🙅‍♀️

Keeping a secret might be harder on your wellbeing than you think. New research by Dr Valentina Bianchi, in a recent article in The Guardian, explains why secrets linger in our minds and how we can manage the potential impacts on our health and relationships. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

📓New Bill open for submission until 10 April on reversing JRG. 🗣️Parliament of Australia, Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse JRG Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025 Details here: https://loom.ly/D8VAIx8

As part of the #PhDmums study, we asked almost 1000 current and former doctoral researchers who also had a mother(-like) role, to share their advice, which we have distilled and shared in our new paper. Link: lnkd.in/gxyrtadd If you don't have access, 50 free copies here: lnkd.in/gmYUMuDp

Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...

This week a very short guide to writing a thesis or research problem statement patthomson.net/2025/11/18/t...

A study has identified a disconnect between researchers who study higher education and those who manage higher education institutions, with a lack of communication potentially hampering both sides #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/he-research-rarely-informs-administrators-decisions

Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment": www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

The news we need today 🥹https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/10/hill-of-content-bookshop-melbourne-human-chain-bourke-street-move

Early career researchers who narrowly miss out on funding should be encouraged to try again because their work is often cited more than those whose research is funded first time around, a major international study has recommended #AcademicSky #highered

The Trump administration discontinued Upward Bound grants at two community colleges without warning, shocking college leaders and worrying TRIO proponents.

Well payed, Harvard, well played. Harvard offers FREE American Government course.

Delighted that our paper "Who are learning designers in post-pandemic Australasian universities?" is published in HERD. Great to collaborate with Lye Ee (Rebecca) Ng & @mmhinze.bsky.social on this article. Thanks to LDs who participated in this research. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allan is being honoured by France

Thanks to the efforts of archivists at least some of ERIC remains open archive.org/details/eric...

#ERICdatabase #academicsky The Trump administration is literally 'burning the books'. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Vale ERIC obliterated in another attack on freedom of information. www.governing.com/policy/major...

It's also not lost that the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) and NCES, the Department's main source for educational research and statistics, had over 30 million annual visits. These offices housed within ED have been stripped of most of their operating staff within the last month. 2/2

"ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center and it is a curated online public library of 2.1 million educational documents that is funded and managed by the U.S. Education Department." www.governing.com/policy/major...

“Education is used by the rest of the world to at least try to break down the class system. Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one.” @janecaro.bsky.social #auspol www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/j....

Good for Harvard

Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands with federal funding at risk. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Harvard FTW: "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government."

This is absolutely correct, and maddening.

Microsoft starts testing Copilot Vision update that can ‘see’ your screen and apps

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSky

Laura Tingle "It's worth keeping in mind that the biggest take-out many people may have got from this first week of the election campaign is that Peter Dutton thinks it would be nice to live in Sydney, near the harbour." 🔥🔥 #auspol #insiders #SundayShot #qanda #abc730

No surprises that Dutton's attack on Work From Home is driving women voters away from him It just reminded everyone that he doesn't get or care about the challenges that working families & those with caring responsibilities face www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nationa... #auspol

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system. There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers. By @donnadlu.bsky.social

📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #UTS Sonal Singh #EPHEA #SPERA Equity in #HigherEducation: Why We Must Do More, Now More Than Ever 👏Beyond institutional uni #Equity 👏Must move to #SectorWide equity 👏Education is a right 👏It's about our future open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Google is rolling out Gemini’s real-time AI video features

Dutton to deny public servants the right to work from home, exactly as Donald Trump has. Denies this will disadvantage women who want more flexible arrangements - b/c they can just job-share. Like it's that easy. Completely out of touch, punitive & ignorant #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Dutton claiming in his press conference that the Coalition's plan to take away the right to Work From Home in the APS won't discriminate against women because "It doesn't discriminate against people on the basis of gender. It's for public servants, so it doesn't have an impact." 🙄 #auspol

Are we out of touch with women? No, it's the women who are out of touch! -Liberal Party.

💬 "Sutton Trust research released last year found the creative industries were dominated by people from the most affluent backgrounds." Action is needed to improve working class representation in creative professions. Our research cited in @theguardian.com ⤵️

📢 New preprint alert: osf.io/preprints/os... We conducted a systematic review to synthesise existing literature on the experiences of neurodivergent research students. As there is little empirical studies on this topic, we included perspective articles written by neurodivergent people. 🧵

From Times HE "Australia’s opposition will review university fees, reintroduce the “50 per cent pass rule”, reclaim veto rights on research grants, regulate vice-chancellors’ salaries and “leave no stone unturned” to stamp out campus antisemitism if it wins the forthcoming federal election. *sigh*

Excited to be talking about my research at the International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative this weekend. @autoethnography.bsky.social My presentation is freely available on YouTube, check it out! Then come to the conference to ask me questions. Register here: www.iaani.org/2025isan