Author
Julie Hare
Associate Editor (Australia)
As associate editor (Australia) based in Canberra, Julie’s focus will be on writing about developments in the Australian tertiary education policy space as well as commissioning local expert commentators to bring fresh insights into the sector.
After seven years as the higher education editor for The Australian newspaper, Julie is well known to the sector. During that time, she lead a small team of award-winning journalists who held a well-deserved reputation for the excellence and depth of their coverage.
Before that Julie was editor-in-chief of APN Educational Media and editor of the niche title Campus Review, a small publication with a big reputation for its in-depth coverage.
Following stints at KPMG, the Museum of Australian Democracy and as a freelancer, Julie has returned to what she loves best: drilling down into the detail and consequences of higher education trends and pollcy.
60 pieces
Newest first, since September 2018 · page 1 of 3
· Australia
Letter from Australia: The high price of student debt
In her final letter from Australia for Wonkhe, Julie Hare makes some bold predictions on student debt.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Between a rock and a hard place
Is it too much to ask to have a trade minister that thinks about education instead of tourism? Julie Hare on the competition for foreign trade in Australia.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: The sounds of silence
Following the weekend’s shock election result, Julie Hare reflects on calls to maintain the demand driven HE system.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Three more years
Julie Hare sets out what the surprise election result means for higher education.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: The power of perception
Julie Hare warns us that financial and academic irregularities are damaging the public perception of Australian universities.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Time for our very own Augar
In Australia, the Monash Commission report is out. Julie Hare wonders whether its proposed solutions to complex problems can survive the political climate.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Speaking a blasphemy
In her letter from Australia, Julie Hare finds widespread support for student number controls in the compulsory sector.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Minding the cap
In her letter from Australia, Julie Hare asks whether a government cap on total student loan debt could cause unforeseen problems.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: The 40 per cent factor
What percentage of young people should enter higher education? Julie Hare looks at the setting and meeting of targets in Australia.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Brave new world
Julie Hare asks which of the emerging forms of higher education will become dominant in a rapidly changing world.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Research funding heading in the wrong direction
For Julie Hare, Labor plans to increase the percentage of GDP devoted to research and development are a welcome riposte to an national conversation that increasingly feels anti-science.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Two sides of the coin
Australia’s five dual sector universities offer an interesting alternative to the ‘us versus them’ orthodoxy of vocational v academic. Julie Hare takes a look.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Paying the price for cheating
Essay mills are not just an issue in the UK. Julie Hare reports on an Australian Government plan to legislate against them.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: The confected crisis
Freedom of speech is the moral panic that knows no borders. Julie Hare speculates about the motivation behind the Australian government inquiry into free speech in universities.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Low budget expectations not dashed
Julie Hare reports back from budget day in Australia – she expected little for HE, and got less.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: ERA, EI add up to not much
Julie Hare breaks down the results of the latest Excellence in Research for Australia ratings, and casts a wary eye over a new report on impact.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Ten years on
Julie Hare traces the history and impact of demand-driven funding in Australia over the last decade
· Australia
Letter from Australia: a parlous position
Julie Hare uncovers evidence of the shocking state of technical and further education in Australia.
· Comment
Letter from Australia: Three (more) little words
Julie Hare leads us through the debate around provider category standards and teaching-only universities.
· Australia
Letter from Australia: Some lessons from the past six years
Julie Hare picks out the key findings from the latest release of data on Australian higher education finances.