What are universities for? If mainly teaching, can they sack academics for not meeting research targets?
- Written by Pnina Levine, Lecturer in Law, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
ShutterstockQuestions about the purpose of universities have been highly topical lately. Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has suggested the purpose of universities is to produce job-ready graduates – preferably in STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) rather than HASS (humanities, arts, social sciences) areas.
This has spurred...





