Tim Moore

is a retired associate professor of linguistics. He worked for 30 years at two Victorian universities.

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News December 20, 2025

Inside the Senate’s university inquiry

The Senate’s year-long inquiry into the governance of universities has concluded with a grim picture of flawed and avoidant leadership and serious questions about conduct and accountability.

News August 26, 2023

The destruction of university faculties

The power of vice-chancellors and their empires of managers and administrators are hurting our universities’ ability to provide their core service – education.

Comment October 11, 2025

Stacked boards driving ‘rotten’ university sector

“The chair of the recent Senate inquiry into the quality of governance at Australia’s universities, Tony Sheldon, can describe the situation in a single word: rotten. While not employing the same colourful language, the Senate’s interim report, recently …”

News June 17, 2023

The Big Four consultants have captured universities

As fallout from the PwC scandal continues, universities emerge as another sector exploited by the largest consultancy firms.

Life November 27, 2021

Academy of silences

While the Howard government is remembered for dismantling student unionism, the changes it made to university councils had an even more chilling effect on academics wishing to critique the universities where they work.