Articles of the Day
About Article of the Day
"Article of the Day" has articles on news and policy in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
They are drawn from newspapers, journals or other web sites. Some will be international, others sourced from within Australia.
The three most recent articles will be posted on the home page, with a brief description and a link.
As articles are supplanted by more recent news, they will be moved down the list and then shifted into an archive, where they will remain accessible.
We invite all CHASS Members and readers to suggest suitable articles. Your contributions and suggestions will be acknowledged.
Articles of the Day sorted by date (descending)
18 July 2008 - BA cautions against metrics - The Guardian
Anthea Lipset
10 July 2008 -
Opening speech at the National Gallery
- ABC News
Bill Henson
9 July 2008 -
Defining Ancillary IPs - Gavin Artz
Artistic practice and unexpected intellectual property
12 June 2008 - The Library in the New Age - New York Review of Books
By Robert Darnton
10 June 2008 - Education Investment Fund (EIF) open for business - Education and Infrastructure Ministers
Joint media release
21 May 2008 - Creative Industries announcement - Innovation Minister
Carr launches "Enterprise Connect" scheme
20 May 2008 - Fundraising and finance - Australia Council
Events, tips and guides to philanthropy
19 May 2008 - Social sciences robbed of usefulness - The Sydney Morning Herald
The mantra "publish or perish" is deterring academics
19 May 2008 - Infrastructure for HASS - NCRIS
Respond to NCRIS draft: deadline now May 27
10 May 2008 - Higher Ed discussion paper out - DEEWR
Gillard calls for comment
30 April 2008 - Copyright jungle - The British Academy
Publishers and Academy clear a path
22 April 2008 -
Innovation is about much more than pure research
- Campus Review
The Creative Agenda
9 April 2008 - Exploiting the ideas of academics
- The Times Educational Supplement
UK review into university IP
31 March 2008 - The arts are too durable to be hijacked - The Australian
Professor explores angles for funding
31 March 2008 - New research classification codes - Kim Carr media release
FOR replace RFCD
27 March 2008 -
At last, real creative spark - THES
Innovation Nation released in UK
25 March 2008 -
Whose universities are they now? - Campus Review
Once we believed in public, secular and free universities ...
11 March 2008 - Higher Education Endowment Fund draft guidelines - HEEF
National consultation schedule released
10 March 2008 -
Universities call for urgent PhD funding review - Australian Financial Review
CHASS workshop outcomes
4 March 2008 -
Garrett keen to nurture creativity - The Australian
"Brand new day for arts and culture"
3 March 2008 -
HASS PhD completions rates: beyond the doom and gloom - Campus Review
Five steps to success
25 February 2008 - E-publication and open access - Ariadne Issue 54
UK impact for arts and humanities
21 February 2008 -
Trends in student enrolments
- Campus Review
Demographics and economic imperatives
20 February 2008 - Abandon approach to funding universities - ANZOG
Chubb calls for change
19 February 2008 - Building human capital through Australia's universities - Universities Australia
Call to implement election promises
14 February 2008 - Soul searching - Times Higher Education
"I'm helping my pupils to think harder, to be more reflective, more cynical, harder to fool." - Professor Mary Beard
12 February 2008 - Apology to the Stolen Generation - ABC News
The words tabled in parliament
12 February 2008 -
Harvard wrestles with open publication
- The New York Times
Faculty members to vote
8 February 2008 - Ideas not cars drive the economy - The Australian
Call to boost services industry
5 February 2008 -
Teaching of innovation 'lamentable'
- Campus Review
Dodgson calls for changes
1 February 2008 -
Building a Creative Economy
- Cultural Ministers Council
Opportunities for the Australian and NZ creative sectors in the digital environment
30 January 2008 - The generation of breakthrough ideas - The Australian
Should this be Australia's approach to innovation?
30 January 2008 - Oh, the Humanities! - National Tertiary Education Union
Australia's innovation system out of kilter
29 January 2008 - The Innovation Review - Campus Review
Carr says: read Sainsbury!
22 January 2008 -
Carr reviews innovation
- Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research - media release
Terms of reference and review panellists announced.
22 January 2008 - Making the Arts sustainable - The Australian
Changing the pattern of traditional funding
7 January 2008 -
Carr appoints ARC Advisory Council
- Media release
Seven top researchers to oversee ARC strategy and policy.
28 December 2007 - Reading music in the digital realm - The Australian
Niche material, eclectic tastes, new audiences and a breakdown of former cultural, territorial or stylistic barriers.
12 December 2007 -
Kim Carr on HASS - Campus Review
Minister: humanities, arts and social sciences central to innovation
7 December 2007 -
Preparing for a knowledge revolution - The Times Educational Supplement
Two roles for universities: create the new "knowledge", train the new "knowledge workers.
29 November 2007 - Rediscovering Recherche Bay - NAF
The book presents outcomes from the National Academies Forum's Symposium.
Edited by John Mulvaney and Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe
27 November 2007 - Innovation policy in the modern world: Five big challenges
- NESTA
Moving away from the 'Big Science' model
20 November 2007 - I think, therefore I earn - The Guardian
Philosophy graduates are suddenly all the rage with employers. What can they possibly have to offer?