Tim Pitman

[Andrew Norton @andrewjnorton]

Sad news that Peter Noonan has passed away. He had a major influence on tertiary education policy for more than 30 years.

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

Very good. "In other words, would it harm Australian research if we simply gave ERA a rest, and let researchers get on with, you know, researching?" No, no it wouldn't. But no, no we won't.

[Andrew Norton @andrewjnorton]

Good piece from John Byron: 'A new ERA: not worth the effort.' The low hanging fruit in research policy is spending less time optimising research outcomes and more time doing research. https://t.co/EapR4WIlLB

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

Very interesting. To which I would add, in Australia at least, The Government as a stakeholder is not only interested in what unis can do for the economy but what role they are expected to play in culture wars. From both sides.

[Andrew Norton @andrewjnorton]

Interesting uni heresy: "...the most strategically valuable part of a modern university platform is its administrative capability and competencies. Not its front-line scholarly staff or academic workforce, but the administrative capability that facilitates the 15-sided market."

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

@andrewjnorton @thesiswhisperer @DanielCasey_CBR @diarmuid3003 @VFSYES @nontweetingNP Might it also have been the shift to funding for completion not funding by enrolment, making institutions more cautious about who they accepted?

[ACSES @acsesedu]

NCSEHE-funded research finds Indigenous students & people with #Disability were more likely to exhibit poor #MentalHealth prior to university than their non-equity counterparts.

New @UQ_News & @uwanews report, available now: https://t.co/ebXChz3GZx #HigherEducation @UWAresearch

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

@andrewjnorton @DavidSligar Agreed but my point is still that equity data from DESE indicates that both raw numbers and participation rates appear to improve for low-SES with implementation of DDS, but have declined since it froze. I.e. when supply increases and competition lessens

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

@andrewjnorton @DavidSligar 2/2 ...tho I accept correlation is not causation. But if not HECS + DDS improving participation rate, what else could it be? And why the immediate reversal of fortune for low-SES students following freeze of DDS?

[Matt Brett @MattBrettLTU]

@seos895 @NCSEHE @DrJoannaT @DavidREckstein @timothypitman @Eduspokesperson And obviously congrats also to the researchers who have been putting in the hard yards!

But as Director - you deserve special credit for bringing it all together !!

[Matt Brett @MattBrettLTU]

A bumper harvest of @NCSEHE disability research this autumn:

Live tweeter extraordinaire @DrJoannaT ++ cool work on exams

@DavidREckstein fellowship on careers

@timothypitman ++ on financing and fellowship report out soon!

Thanks @seos895 for funding this and more !!!

[Prof Sarah O' Shea @seos895]

@MattBrettLTU @NCSEHE @DrJoannaT @DavidREckstein @timothypitman Thanks @MattBrettLTU for such recognition of @NCSEHE research work! But kudos must go to our wonderful @NCSEHE grants & fellowship advisory committee for making good funding choices (under leadership of Lesley Parker and of course @Eduspokesperson for providing the necessary $$$!

[Prof Sarah O' Shea @seos895]

New blog from @CathyDrane (@NCSEHE Postdoc) examining the ways in which students' record mental health - a concise and interesting read!
Now is the time to revamp university student mental health reporting systems - NCSEHE: https://t.co/VzJgNdmQVO

[ACSES @acsesedu]

New research finds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men are underrepresented at Australian universities, despite high levels of aspiration to #HigherEd.

Read the full report: https://t.co/P3mjKE0TS1
@MenziesResearch @EdithCowanUni @UQ_News @MurdochUni @latrobe @UniCanberra

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

Government stats just released confirms this research. VU's attrition rate down significantly since adopting the block model. More than half of VU's students are from recognised equity groups, so this is a win for many students coming from non-traditional backgrounds into uni.

[ACSES @acsesedu]

NCSEHE-funded research from @victoriauninews showing that the #BlockTeaching model makes a difference.
#HigherEducation #Equity

[Tim Pitman @timothypitman]

@DrPeterBentley @AustralianLabor @andrewjnorton @BretlynB @MattBrettLTU To put this number in some context: on current trends these new places would see about 1,500 students with disability, 400 Indigenous, 3,000 low-SES & 4,000 regional students in our unis each year.

[NDCO Illawarra and South East NSW @EliciaFord_NDCO]

#UDLTertiaryEdAUS

UDL, you're already doing it in one way or another.

"UDL is a way to find a common discourse around the best practices we are probably all already exploring actively" @FFovet

Let's challenge ourselves to do more

@UDLTertiary @adcet_edu_au

[ACSES @acsesedu]

One in ten tertiary students look after dependent children while studying, NCSEHE-funded research found.

Lisa Andrewartha on the challenging demands for parents in #HigherEd, and how unis can be accommodating to their needs. Via @KiftSally's CMM series. https://t.co/gYT9s1TtRY