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Ed Nauseam

by Julie Hare & Ant Bagshaw · English · Learning

Julie Hare and Ant Bagshaw discuss all things higher education in Australia.

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 32 min
Latest: 8 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026 · 32 min

Should we talk about Job-Ready Graduates? Maybe we should focus on student poverty first

Ant Bagshaw and Julie Hare take on Job-Ready Graduates, the policy no one defends. Julie blames the sector for letting it pass in 2020 without a fight. Ant defends one part of it: shifting more of the cost onto students to expand the system. They agree the price signals don't change what students choose to study. Julie thinks Labor is holding back the fix as a sweetener for the next election. If so, students will have been on JRG fees for a decade. Ant points out that any fix risks bad headli...

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S1 · E1 · 23 Sep 2026 · 30 min
Blame the consultants? The higher education sector and the consulting industry in Australia
Consulting firms are on the nose. Four inquiries into university governance have landed on them, the sector spends an estimated $1.8 billion a year, and a former consultant taking a senior university job is now enough to provoke an FoI request or a media inquiry. In the first episode of Ed Nauseam, recorded at Parliament House in the Innovation Aus studio, Julie Hare and Ant Bagshaw disagree productively about why. Julie's case is about work that doesn't understand universities, consultation ...

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Julie Hare and Ant Bagshaw discuss all things higher education in Australia.

Ed Nauseam is a English learning podcast from Julie Hare & Ant Bagshaw. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Julie Hare & Ant Bagshaw
Language: English
Category: Learning
New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 32 min
Latest episode: 8 Oct 2026
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