The Canberra Times | 20 October 2013 Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt says the Australian National University must cut student numbers and change its admissions process in order to recreate itself as a prestigious university in the style of Harvard and Oxford. He has also called for increased funding by the federal government to ensure a change from ''pumping degrees out by the masses''. Schmidt said the ANU had a successful past, creating ''three of Australia's six Nobel prizes'', but there were concerns for its future. I am concerned that we are no longer different. We're essentially funded exactly the same way. Our relationship with the federal government is not that … [Read more...]
