Dr Mark Selkrig

Chuffed and appreciative of this acknowledgement, thankyou HERD!

Exorbitant executive pay, insecure jobs, wage theft, lavish spending on consultants and hiring-and-firing cycles - Great reporting on the Inquiry into Uni Governance and the state of our sector thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20400/0L… @SatPaper @SquigglyRick

NTEU members voices were front and centre at today’s Senate hearing into the university governance crisis. Branch presidents bravely spoke out about bullying and intimidation, shocking conflicts of interest and stacked VC-acquiescent governing bodies. We need reform!

Arts education: we fail our students with so many tests blog.aare.edu.au/arts-education… via @AustAssocResEd When prioritised, arts education provides the vital spark illuminating a way to both cultivate students’ and teachers’ expressive talents, ethical vision and skills…

🛎️ ‘pupils from prestigious private schools who went to leading universities were 52 times more likely to reach élite positions in society than those who attended any other schools.’ I rest my case. Privilege is embedded. Time for racial change 🌹 theguardian.com/education/2024…

#HouseofLords debating the financial crisis in our universities. This is a symptom of the disease of marketisation, the forced neoliberalisation that has done so much damage to students, academics and knowledge @ucu @NEUnion

"I'm not so orderly as to produce syllabi for my students. I'm busy enough trying to teach them." — Hannah Arendt

Good to see this one go out into the world! Making teacher educators’ experiences visible: seeing inside the hopeful and ambiguous dimensions of practice tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Looking forward to being part of these studios! You might like to join us.

Gentle reminder /final call to #academics Still time to participate in this project! Survey closes in 1 week, 20th May. If it is on your ‘to do’ list, make sure you do it sometime this week! Link to survey: melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db…… Please circulate.

We are still seeking participants! Calling all #academics Survey closes 17th May (2 weeks) Link to survey: melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db…… Thanks to those who have participated. What changes have you made to the ways you work? Share your views with other academics. Please circulate

Calling all #academics We are still seeking participants! Thanks to those who have participated. What changes have you made to the ways you work? Share your views with other academics. Link to survey: melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db… Survey link closes 17th May (3 weeks) Please circulate

Capturing the shifting work of teaching in higher education through postcards of practice @MarkSelkrig, @DulferNicky & @Educ84Equity, @EduMelb 🔓→ doi.org/10.1080/072943… #HigherEd #UniversityTeaching #SuperComplexity #SocialCapital #CulturalCapital #Reflexivity

A gentle reminder our call for chapter proposals for an edited book 'The making academic' are still open till the end of the month. See more information below. #AcademicTwitter

When a new teacher starts whose birth year starts with a 20- not 19-

@DulferNicky and @markselkrig and I on affect and change in practices of academic teaching with technology published today. Capturing the shifting work of teaching in higher education through postcards of practice tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Calling all #academics! What has been a turning point in how you go about approaching your work? How are you managing the changing and complex aspects of working in higher education? Let us know your views. Find out how to participate. Click the link melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db…

The Making Academic Call for chapter proposals by 30 April 2024, for edited book with Routledge Education. Info and online submission details here forms.gle/tqazpAboMr1pYi… Feel free to share

How do other curriculum areas impact visual art education? See what Australian Visual Art Educators think: go.unimelb.edu.au/9vfe See the Project: go.unimelb.edu.au/j72e @ArtEdVic @ArtEducationAus @WAAE_ArtsEd @InSEAOfficial @EduMelb @UNESCOchairACE @creativehumm @mazinbriz

Looking forward to this!

Shameful!..Five private schools spent as much on new facilities in one year as 3,000 Australian public schools theguardian.com/australia-news…