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Steven Schwartz

Emeritus Professor Steven Schwartz AM is the former vice-chancellor of Macquarie University (Sydney), Murdoch University (Perth), and Brunel University (London).

He also served as Dean of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Australia, Chair of the Fulbright Commission, Executive Director of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and Chair of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.

Steven is the author of 12 books and numerous articles. His Substack newsletter can be found at: https://stevenschwartz.substack.com Subscriptions are free.

Author's website: Wiser Every Day


 
This I believe
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Faith in Australia
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Greater expectations
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Déjà voodoo economics
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Remembering Bartlett
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In the shadow of the past
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Microcosmographia Academica 2.0: a guide for the ambitious academic
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Nurturing unity amidst controversy
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What would Keynes think?
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Too much merit or not enough?
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Cancelling the F-word: no more failure
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After dinner speech: Not an ordinary pig
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Universities face a moral conundrum
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Meritocracy and diversity: a delicate balance
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The price of everything and the value of nothing
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Equality of opportunity in an unequal world
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Do university rankings add up?
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Will we be good ancestors?
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The eternal lure of gold
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Universities under review, again
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The prisoner's dilemma (revised table)
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Everything palls, everything passes, everything perishes
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Taxing beer to subsidise champagne
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The taboo topic
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The real value of the humanities
Education - 26/07/2022 - 11 comments
Beyond spin
Education - 21/06/2022 - 3 comments
Reciprocity and respect
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Context is everything
Health - 3/05/2022 - 6 comments
Fairness and equality are not the same thing
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A 21st-century enlightenment
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Ash Wednesday
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Memento mori
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What’s the right thing to do?
Political Philosophy - 2/02/2022 - 11 comments
Freedom to think
Law & Liberties - 14/01/2022 - 15 comments
Practical wisdom
Education - 5/01/2022 - 5 comments
Every country needs a poet laureate
The Arts - 31/12/2021 - 4 comments
True grit
Education - 8/12/2021 - 10 comments
Science without humanity, knowledge without character
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No dancing past the fact we’ll have to live with Covid
Health - 23/02/2021 - 12 comments
Stop the uni cost disease
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Ozymandias in Oz
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The Magic Pudding
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The Getting of Wisdom
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Overseas students are getting harder to attract and unis will feel the squeeze
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International education outlook stormy
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Higher education’s creative tension
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The curious chemistry of the blogosphere
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You say you want a revolution
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Unleashed VC is a blog's best friend
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Living the legislated life
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Australia’s Universities: Last of the Great Socialist Enterprises?
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