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The University of Canberra is to axe 50 administrative positions and send the jobs offshore to India in a bid to save $8 million over four years. Vice-chancellor Stephen Parker told Campus Review, on 13 February the university council gave ...

The federal government says bonus payments under its stimulus package will now be available to all students following negotiations with the Greens. Treasurer Wayne Swan told Greens leader Senator Bob Brown that the package would include a “mechanism to ensure ...

If universities are to take student retention seriously, the first-year experience must change, says Vincent Tinto. Many universities in the US speak of the importance of increasing student retention. Indeed, quite a few invest substantial resources in programs designed to ...

The Bradley review fails to provide a framework of a higher education system that nurtures excellence and promotes diversity while encouraging access and equity, says Frederick G Hilmer. Australian universities warmly welcomed the Rudd Government’s commitment to an education revolution ...

With apprentices losing their jobs as the economy declines, the federal government has stepped in with a $145.6 million package to encourage employers to take them on again. ‘Securing Apprenticeships’ offers employers and group training organisations incentives of up to ...

Does VET pedagogy prepare students for success in a global economy, asks John Mitchell. One of the awkward questions raised by the forthcoming Big Skills conference in Sydney is whether Australian VET is truly world class. In the past there ...

The international arrivals hall at Melbourne airport last week was populated with people wearing red shirts and big smiles. Their job was to greet some of the 20,000 students expected to pass through its doors last week. The welcoming crew ...

Innovation minister Kim Carr last week announced the new fellowship for senior indigenous researchers would be available from next January, fulfilling a commitment he made last July. The fellowship will be available to indigenous Australian academics who obtained their PhDs ...

In the early stages of major transformation, the 112-year-old Avondale College is a small institution with big ambitions. A recent visit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency found that the Christian college was grappling with structural change, including improving its ...

The government should immediately implement the key Bradley review recommendations to increase funding for teaching, research and student income support, according to the peak university body. While more discussion is needed on fine policy detail, this shouldn’t prevent the government ...