Advocacy
Position Paper 1: The Valuing of University Education
The Independent Scholars Association of Australia Inc. (ISAA) has as one of its key aims the promotion of scholarship. As a national network of scholars pursuing interests in the sciences, business, law, humanities, social sciences and the arts, ISAA recognises the importance of university education in all fields, because…
Letter to Dan Tehan MP. Support for Universities
Government Support for Universities The sudden loss of much international student revenue due to Covid-19 has been a disaster for the university sector, and has already led to thousands of academic staff cuts and will continue to lead to much changed teaching, research and study conditions in universities. Also, the…
The Value of Formal Education in The Humanities
The National Council of ISAA resolved to write to the Federal Minister for Education, Dan Tehen, expressing its concern at the rise in fees for humanities courses, which will more than double and put them alongside law and commerce in the highest price band of $14,500 a year, as a result of…
NCIS, UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2020
Our ever-growing membership now includes scholars in 25 countries across 5 continents. We are increasing our Grants program (www.ncis.org/grants); our open access peer-reviewed journal The Independent Scholar is in its sixth year, with Volume 7 now in preparation; and we have recently set up new Partner Groups in…
VISIONS OF SYDNEY UPDATE!!
Independent Scholars Association of Australia - NSW Chapter Annual Seminar, in conjunction with State Library of NSW The 1788 arrival of Governor Phillip at Farm Cove with the 11 ships of the First Fleet saw the displacement of the peoples of the Eora Nation and the establishment of the British penal colony…
NSW-ISAA CHAPTER: EVENING CONVERSATION
Topic: 'Australia: Nation or Commodity' Date: 20 September 2016, 5.30 to 7.00 pm Venue: Dixson Room, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW Speaker will be Professor Gary Sturgess followed by a Q&A session. Gary Sturgess holds the NSW Premier’s Chair in Public Service Delivery at the Australia and…
NCIS
Volume 1 of The Independent Scholar (TIS) is now live at:http://ncis.org/the-independent-scholar/tis TIS is open access and available to all scholars worldwide. You retain copyright of your own paper, and can circulate it as much as you like, but please ensure that you cite its publication in TIS, with the…
ISAA MEMBERS TALK ABOUT WHY THEY ARE IN ISAA
Lawyer-turned-writer: The exchange of ideas between scholars at ISAA’s national and local forums is invigorating. I was provided with informal opportunities to speak about my work to curious scholars from diverse disciplines. Historian: As an ex-academic, I value ISAA as a substitute for the interdisciplinary insights of 'corridor chat'. ISSA…
Access eJournals and eBooks Through the National Library of Australia
Have you considered registering for a library card through the National Library of Australia's website? A library card is your key to accessing a wide range of databases, ebooks and ejournals on topics of interest to all independent scholars. To do this, select the 'Get a Library card'…
ISAA Review update
The next edition of the ISAA Review will be available shortly - click here for more information