Gwil Croucher

Higher education researcher and analyst. Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

Andrew Norton's Mapping Australian higher education is a national asset. It is great that the latest edition is available in a year of discussion about the future of the sector.

[Andrew Norton @andrewjnorton]

Mapping Australian higher education 2023, the sixth in my series of reports on Australian higher education, is now available. Covers enrolment trends, regulation, funding, benefits for graduates and the public, and much else. https://t.co/6PTOhprvXd

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

My take on the universities accord. https://t.co/fu9oTa5RXB @ConversationEDU @MelbCSHE

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

@PeterWoelert World-leading

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

@andrewjnorton @DanielCasey_CBR @diarmuid3003 @thesiswhisperer @VFSYES @DrPeterBentley Looking at aggregated postgrad research commencements, there was a drop 2015-16 (9,937 to 9,854), but the bigger drop for domestic came a few years later just before the RTP was introduced 2016-2017 (9,709-9,244) when international commencements grew. A few factors maybe?

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

My new essay on Australian higher education
https://t.co/auVSCt34sk in the latest edition of
@GriffithReview https://t.co/y9dNaSYm1J @MelbCSHE

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

@andrewjnorton @PeterWoelert @DrPeterBentley @timhollo @thesiswhisperer @GavinMoodie @gamerlearner The terms of the loan in England might also be a factor at the margins. High fees but depending on the 'plan' a student is on (when they started study) the debt is written off eventually if not repaid.

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

Our new analysis on the cost of teaching: :https://t.co/4t8lxyD7Tf
Rigid subsidies a mismatch for university course costs
https://t.co/6GIvbvRLZZ @MelbCSHE @PilbaraGroupLea

[James Waghorne @ejwaghorne]

Please join @Juliaho, @hannahforsyth, Bruce Chapman,
@wdlocke, @Gwil_C and me for a wide-ranging discussion about 1974 and ‘free’ university education. What did it mean and what were its enduring legacies? 7–8.30pm, 17 November 2021 - a free event

https://t.co/MR5FgKTp9y

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

@timcahill_phd @PeterWoelert The 1997 mode was HEW 4 (but almost as many HEW 5s), 2017 mode was HEW 5 (but again almost as many HEW 6 and 7s)

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

My latest paper with @PeterWoelert shows the growth in the proportion of senior staff at Australian universities and the change in professional staff composition. https://t.co/3TTg9kn93o. Open access too.

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

My most recent piece in The Conversation: https://t.co/lDIVkRfOwP

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

Are you interested in undertaking a PhD examining the changing university workforce in Australia? @PeterWoelert and I have a PhD stipend available (some conditions apply):
https://t.co/tLEX4aKdmp

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

Australian universities may be at a turning point in the rankings chase. So what next? https://t.co/KYTT0J66ar via @ConversationEDU

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

@drkellyallen @DrJoannaT @DrPeterBentley @MarciaDevlin I'm here late. But for clarification we built a database w publicly available biographical info (as many sources as we could find) of all senior leaders/councillors listed by unis. Obvious caution needed interpreting data, but on balance, thought important to include ethnicity.

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

@LawSiewfang and I argue for greater diversity in HE leadership. @TC_education @MelbCSHE

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

According to @unimelb's Siew Fang Law + @Gwil_C, the sameness of university leaderships adds to the challenges of ensuring higher education meets future needs. https://t.co/trwJ2H4Feq @uommedia

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

Many masters, few functionaries as professional ranks transform https://t.co/buZyHfwNxY via @timeshighered. @MelbCSHE. My latest research with @PeterWoelert

[Universities Australia @uniaus]

Read the latest edited extract of UA’s commissioned new history, Australian Universities: A history of common cause in today’s @ConversationEDU https://t.co/hJTPVrNgaU

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

Universities in crisis? They've been there before, and found a way out https://t.co/pseOTA0QYV via @ConversationEDU. Extract from my new book with @ejwaghorne

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

My latest piece - Are universities part of the populism problem? https://t.co/1UR7iTF5CL

[Gwil Croucher @Gwil_C]

latest column: time to reduce the number of PhD students, or rethink how doctoral programs work https://t.co/fmUSqVBzM6 @ConversationEDU