19 Jul 10
Universities are shutting down philosophy and history courses at the very time humanity needs them, writes Andrew Baker. Morality has tangled roots,... more
19 Jul 10
The creative arts disciplines have taken something of a battering over recent decades of structural change in the tertiary education sector. But the... more
19 Jul 10
Lesley Willcoxson says academics and administrators are often shocked to learn that student attrition is even an issue beyond the first year of... more
Technical Sciences & Engineering: Making it so
05 Jul 10
Engineering Australia is equally aware of its masculinised image. Now the Women in Engineering (WIE) committee is calling on female engineers to be... more
05 Jul 10
IT faculties and schools may be struggling across the country to attract students and retain staff, but that's not Steve Elliot's experience. Elliot,... more
05 Jul 10
Young people who are drawn to technology have mostly made their minds up about the broad direction of their careers in their senior high school... more
21 Jun 10
Four of Australia's six original pharmacy schools have formed an alliance to provide a national voice in education and professional development in... more
21 Jun 10
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21 Jun 10
The Australian Medical Student Journal is a standout in a crowded field. It's Australia's first peer-reviewed medical journal, and one of only a... more
21 Jun 10
Australia leads much of the world in primary health care research. We, along with Britain and New Zealand, produce many more such research... more
07 Jun 10
The quality of teaching and the curriculum have been found, unsurprisingly, to be the most important factors in determining the satisfaction levels... more
19 Jul 10
The University of Ballarat has put forward an ambitious plan that could see it develop a presence in almost every regional town in Victoria as early... more
26 Jul 10
You know the song 'Glory Days' by The Boss - Bruce Springsteen. It's a rousing anthem about how people reminisce about a fictitious past all aglow... more
19 Jul 10
The University of Western Sydney is the big winner from the Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program (HEPPP), claiming a $2.6 million... more
19 Jul 10
The two newly appointed interim chairs of the embryonic higher education and VET regulators have moved to reassure both sectors that they will drive... more
19 Jul 10
Three states have followed Victoria's lead in developing their own tertiary sector plans, with Commonwealth policies paving the way for demand-driven... more
26 Jul 10
Rapid and unprecedented changes in the higher education sphere have led to widespread grumbling among Australian academics, threatening further... more
26 Jul 10
The crash in international student enrolments so far has mainly been limited to the Indian subcontinent, according to the latest student visa... more
26 Jul 10
While several of the key policy reform areas as outlined in the Bradley review are on track, the government has lost sight of an overall strategy for... more
19 Jul 10
Dr Neale Fong, former director-general of the WA Health Department, has been appointed as the director of the Curtin Health Innovation Research... more
19 Jul 10
The clash between staff and management at UNSW could further intensify this week, with staff considering strike action after both sides refused to... more
