Tag Archives: funding

Getting started

Getting started

My job is to help people get funding. I occasionally get requests from friends and family to help them with a funding application. I love these requests – I get to show them what I do, and help them with something that they need. It reminds me that different types of funding need different approaches, […] … learn more→

Why universities warrant public investment: Preparing students for living together well

Why universities warrant public investment: Preparing students for living together well

A recent report noting that funding for Ontario’s universities is “low when compared with support in other provinces” points to underfunding as a serious problem in the province’s post-secondary sector. Funding quickly raises the question of value: what is it that universities offer that warrants public investment? UWindsor sincerely appreciates the insight and dedicated leadership of the Blue-Ribbon Panel on Postsecondary […] … learn more→

Competing does not give better results: is science being funded well?

Competing does not give better results: is science being funded well?

Project-based research funding has no differential impact, compared to traditional institutional funding, in terms of the production of highly cited academic articles, nor a clear effect on the number of publications. This is the conclusion reached by a study led by the University of Seville . The analysis is based on data from 10 countries and 148 European […] … learn more→

Gonski for universities: what if we funded higher education like schools?

Gonski for universities: what if we funded higher education like schools?

The Australian Universities Accord is a major review of Australian universities. Its proposals promise to have a huge impact on how Australia’s higher education system will function in years to come. Education Minister Jason Clare has made equity a top priority for the accord. This means increasing opportunities for disadvantaged groups to attend university and finish their degrees. In […] … learn more→

How can you work without funding?

How can you work without funding?

Most researchers don’t have to check the eligibility criteria of every funding opportunity that comes across their desk. Researchers from other countries do because there is a very real possibility that they won’t be eligible due to their citizenship status. This post discusses the situation of non-Australian researchers working in Australia, but the problem crops […] … learn more→

Low funding for universities puts students at risk for cycles of poverty, especially in the wake of COVID-19

Low funding for universities puts students at risk for cycles of poverty, especially in the wake of COVID-19

Post-secondary education has consistently been linked to the promise of a better life. Graduating from post-secondary study has been identified as the single most important factor affecting intergenerational mobility. Yet, several factors at play today show how this function of post-secondary education is in crisis in Canada. Shrinking government funding is behind higher university tuition fees. Government […] … learn more→

Fantastic funding and where to find it

Fantastic funding and where to find it

Research funding has been declining in Australia for years. As we’re feeling the full force of COVID-19, the future of funding is at the forefront of many researchers’ minds. Most researchers understand why the research funding system in their country doesn’t work: the problems are common across the world. There just isn’t enough government money […] … learn more→

The Australian government is making ‘job-ready’ degrees cheaper for students – but cutting funding to the same courses

The Australian government is making ‘job-ready’ degrees cheaper for students – but cutting funding to the same courses

One objective of the government’s recently announced funding changes for universities is to increase the number of graduates in areas of expected employment growth – such as teaching, nursing, agriculture, STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) and IT. The education minister said student fees in these degrees would drop. But what he didn’t say is universities would […] … learn more→

Going online due to COVID-19 this fall could hurt colleges’ future

Going online due to COVID-19 this fall could hurt colleges’ future

When the California State University system decided to conduct all of its classes online this coming fall, administrators said it was to avoid the health risks associated with COVID-19. Many other colleges are making similar decisions as they move online. Wayne State University and Michigan State University are likely to go online – but may offer a hybrid of […] … learn more→