Dr Richard Hil is Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Human Services, Griffith University. He has taught at the University of York in the UK, and in Australia at James Cook University, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland University of Technology and Southern Cross University. Richard is author of several books including recent publications Erasing Iraq, Surviving Care, and Whackademia: An insider’s account of the troubled university. He has also been a columnist for The Australian, Campus Review, Australian Universities Review, New Matilda and Arena Magazine.
Academics are unhappy – it's time to transform our troubled university system
Sep 20, 2016 00:20 am UTC| Insights & Views
Australian academics are an unhappy lot. Numerous surveys, books and articles have drawn attention to this over the years. The primary complaint is employment insecurity. This applies particularly to the reserve army of...
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