News • May 2023
ABC News interview: JRG not working
DASSH President Nick Bisley spoke to ABC News along with UA CEO Catriona Jackson and Professor Andrew Norton. There is growing proof Job-Ready Graduates is not changing student preferences. Read the article here.
News • May 2023
2023 Federal Budget statement
DASSH welcomes moves to improve financial support for students in the 2023-24 Federal Budget. While the federal government has had to balance a cost of living crisis against budget repair more support is needed to increase equity and access for vulnerable students.
News • March 2023
Policy Research Officer opportunity
Do you know an up and coming policy researcher looking to build on their experience and expand their networks? DASSH is looking for a PhD student or recent graduate to work on our Universities Accord submission. Read the position description here and share it with your networks!
News • February 2023
Humanities, arts and social sciences grads in demand
Humanities, arts and social sciences graduate employment outcomes skyrocketed in 2022 according to the annual QILT Graduate Outcome Survey. Read our statement here.
News • November 2022
Humanities and sciences collaborate to solve ‘wicked problems’ through research
READ President Professor Catharine Coleborne and Professor Melissa Brown, President Australian Council of Deans of Science write on the importance of disciplinary collaboration to solve ‘wicked problems’.
News • October 2022
Why the federal government must ditch Jobs Ready Graduates now
READ President Nick Bisley’s opinion piece which appeared in EduResearch Matters calling for the scrapping of the JRG.
News • October 2022
Graduate outcomes for arts, social science and humanities students on the up
READ Employment outcomes of students enrolled in degrees in arts, social sciences and humanities have risen to 89.6 per cent – an increase of 25 percentage points. This figure challenges the assumptions behind the Federal Government’s Job-Ready Graduates package.
News • August 2022
DASSH welcomes ARC review
READ President Catharine Coleborne’s statement on the Federal Education Minister’s Letter of Expectation to the Australian Research Council and its impending review.
News • August 2022
Deans unite on Cultural Policy Submission
READ the National Cultural Policy Submission co-authored by DASSH, the Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts and the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.
News • July 2022
Science, Environment and Hass Deans respond to State of the Environment report
Deans of Environment, Science and Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities have united to call for an interdisciplinary approach to solving the environmental crisis facing Australia. Read here.
News • July 2022
Changes at ARC welcome news
The Mandarin reports on DASSH’s stance on the new Education Minister’s moves to reset relations with the humanities, arts and social sciences sector.
News • July 2022
DASSH welcomes change
The Federal Government’s clear decision to reset relations with universities and higher education, and in particular the fields of the humanities, arts and social sciences is welcomed by DASSH