international issues

9 min read 2022-02-16 03:02:42

Remaking Australian universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a chance to flourish?

27 min read 2022-01-20 21:54:43

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it. This story originally appeared

3 min read 2022-01-05 02:02:56

Shutterstock International students are heading to Canada, the UK and the US in record numbers despite the pandemic, new research by the Mitchell

5 min read 2021-12-16 23:00:30

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 12th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be

1 min read 2021-10-15 02:55:54

Shutterstock The impacts of COVID-19 on Australian university researchers are likely to have consequences for research productivity and quality

1 min read 2021-10-14 23:00:46

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 10th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be

1 min read 2021-08-30 20:59:32

This article is interested in the futures of Canadian universities. Around the world, much has been written about the futures of universities.

1 min read 2021-08-19 23:00:42

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the eighth episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will

1 min read 2021-06-17 22:39:19

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the sixth episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” You can

3 min read 2021-04-23 22:38:29

People carry a sign protesting Israeli actions in Palestine during a protest march in Toronto in May 2018. (Raghd Hamzeh), Author

6 min read 2021-04-15 22:17:17

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the fourth episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” You can

4 min read 2021-04-09 22:24:00

AAP Image/Dan Peled Academic freedom has become a common topic of Australian public debate. Yet the concept is rarely examined or critiqued in

4 min read 2021-03-19 08:12:46

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the third episode of Francois Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” You can

5 min read 2021-02-22 00:59:23

NOTE: This is a guest post by my friend François Matarasso, originally appearing at his website A Restless Art. It describes the second episode of

4 min read 2021-02-08 23:14:00

When Japanese anime and manga were first localized in North America they underwent both material and textual shifts as formats and narratives were