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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
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Questions 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.

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