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Alessandro Pelizzon
Alessandro Pelizzon is a senior lecturer in law at Southern Cross University and a founding member of Academics for Public Universities. After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Turin in Italy (specialising in comparative law and legal anthropology with a field research project conducted in the Andes), he conducted his doctoral research at the University of Wollongong, focusing on native title and legal pluralism in the Illawarra region.
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Show us the money! APU’s Australian Universities Accord response (Part 1)
The Australian Universities Accord Final Report (the Final Report) was made publicly available on 25 February 2024 by the Federal Minister for Education, the Hon. Jason Clare MP. It contains 47 recommendations for the reform of Australia’s higher education system over the next few decades. As one of us noted shortly after the Accord’s interim Continue reading »
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If I were the Minister responsible for Higher Education in the next government these would be my priorities
What should be the top priorities of any incoming Federal Government concerning tertiary education in Australia after decades of cost-cutting, restructuring and corporatisation? Continue reading »
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Education left behind in the corporatisation of our universities
The rise of middle management and the non-democratic nature of university governance are undermining Australia’s higher education system. Continue reading »