I am pleased to announce that the 2022 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List and its accompanying Report are now available on the ABDC website. We wish to thank the Panel Chairs, and members of the ABDC Steering Group, for volunteering their time and providing expert guidance to ensure transparency, consistency, and stability in […]
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This document outlines substantive decisions made regarding the ABDC Journal Quality List as an outcome of the 2022 Review. Substantive decisions are classified as those to: (a) remove journals, (b) to add new journals, or (c) not to add new journals. Stakeholder feedback on the draft recommendations closed on 14 December 2022. PDF of the document:
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The ABDC recommends the following immediate-term strategies: Implementing a mechanism to open borders to international students, where state, territory and federal governments collaborate with universities and accommodation providers. Modelling by the Mitchell Institute predicts an annual reduction in spending across the broader economy of $11.4 billion if borders remain closed to. international students until July
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26 March 2021. Link: https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/like-spotify-unis-must-let-students-curate-courses-20210324-p57dle ‘Like Spotify, unis must let students curate courses’ Pivot in pedagogy Julie Hare Top: For students in Melbourne, the pandemic hastened shifts in education. Above: Girish Gupta. PHOTO: EAMON GALLAGHER When Girish Gupta moved to Melbourne in mid-2019 to take up his place in a masters of business administration degree,
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Torrens University Faculty of Business and Hospitality was endorsed as a new member of the ABDC at the Council’s AGM in February, taking the ABDC’s membership to 39 university business faculties and schools. The Torrens University Faculty of Business and Hospitality is the first private, for-profit member of the Council, comprising four schools that include
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Report: The Future of Australian Business Schools In collaboration with QS, the ABDC has released a report titled The Future of Australian Business Schools. The report highlights the results of in-depth interviews with ten ABDC-member deans, and an online survey distributed to selected staff from 38 ABDC-member business schools. The report shows the incredible efforts
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The ABDC made a submission to the Australian Research Council (ARC) review of Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) and the Engagement and Impact Assessment (EI). Key points: As the paramount external research validation exercise in Australia, ERA has substantial impact on internal research investment decisions made by universities. There remains concern about the net benefits
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Opinion piece by ABDC President, David Grant, and ABDC International Education Network Deputy Chair, Peter Woods, in The Australian on 23 September 2020. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/we-need-a-new-business-plan-to-keep-overseas-students/news-story/292b4a34816196f477c100affe9a913b There is a real risk of the current decline in international education in Australia becoming permanent unless we boost Australia’s appeal as an international education destination with a long-term, national, co-ordinated
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21 July 2020 Australian university business schools, who graduate just under half of the country’s international university students, welcome the Federal Government’s changes to international student visas. The President of the Australian Business Deans Council, Professor David Grant, says the visa changes send an important signal to current international students. ‘They demonstrate how much Australia
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27 May 2020 Why Aren’t We Saving a Vital National Asset? Australian university business schools are calling on the Federal Government for a national strategy to stop higher education – a vital part of the economic ecosystem – from being damaged irreparably. The President of the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC), David Grant, says that,
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