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The number of women in senior positions is back on the agenda. Why? Just have a look around. Julie Hare reports. For one fleeting moment back in 2004, 11 of the country’s 39 vice-chancellors were female. That nearly one third ...

The “university” name may be sacrosanct, but “TAFE” isn’t. Two private colleges call themselves TAFEs, and many more use the name promotional material. The Victorian government may move to protect the TAFE brand amidst signs that increasing numbers of private ...

TAFEs were sidelined in two key federal programs introduced in response to the Bradley report. But Victoria’s new higher education report puts them in the front row. TAFEs – mostly ignored in a key federal government equity program – would ...

The feminisation of universities might be real, but there is no such thing as equality in the research arena, writes Sharon Bell. The concurrent visits to Australia of two female Nobel Laureates, Professors Elizabeth Blackburn and Ada Yonath, is cause ...

A new survey tracks the vital first year experience and finds some encouraging and also some worrying trends, writes Sally Kift. As the sector embarks on the implementation of the Bradley review and seeks to attract (and retain and graduate) ...

Two new books explore the intractable divisions that engulfed the economics faculty at Sydney University for much of the past 40 years. Jeremy Gilling reports. A proper understanding of mainstream economic theory is necessary before any effective critique can be ...

Sociology is a discipline beset by tensions as it struggles to define itself. Jeremy Gilling reports. In the 1970s sociology was described as having “an identity crisis before it had an identity”. That’s a lot of baggage. The tensions haven’t ...

For social science researchers, there is a strong tension between writing for scholarly journals and more accessible publications, writes Brian Martin. Is one of your goals to communicate to wider audiences? If so, the government’s Excellence in Research for Australia ...

Education providers could face fines if their agents tell porkies under recommendations from the Baird review. Training providers would be fined if their offshore agents acted unethically, and Australian-based agents would be banned from charging commissions for luring students from ...

AEI will have its work cut out even without its promotional and regulatory responsibilities, a new “discussion starter” argues. Australian Education International (AEI) is refocusing its role at a time of unprecedented change in the industry, according to a consultation ...