The logic of trying to improve the quality of school education - a laudable goal - by harming university education would escape most people, writes UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer.
Could we one day live to 150 with the help of a pill? A new class of anti-ageing super drugs that targets 20 age-related diseases is on the horizon. Read the full story in the latest issue of Uniken.
The risk with the current MOOCs debate is that it too narrowly defines the challenge universities are facing simply as the impact of mass delivery of cheap content, writes Professor Iain Martin.
The outstanding achievements of leaders from business, architecture, medicine, law and the military have been recognised at the annual UNSW Alumni Awards.
The numbers used to measure performance in educational institutions create a lot of discussion - and angst - because of their obvious imperfections, writes Merlin Crossley.
Unless we can fill the void created by the loss of the Future Fellowships and other schemes, Australia's research horsepower will wind back significantly over the next few years, writes Professor Les Field.
Eroding the autonomy of our universities not only threatens their capacity for innovation but in the longer term could threaten the basic principle of academic freedom, writes Professor Fred Hilmer.
One of Australia's most prominent business leaders and philanthropists, Mr David Gonski AC, has been reappointed as Chancellor of UNSW for a third term.
