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The ALTC recognises early career achievers for the first time in its final citations for outstanding contributions to student learning In its final list of university staff who have made outstanding contributions to student learning, the Australian Learning and Teaching ...

Legislation for a new national regulator passes and the government gets tops marks for genuine consultation. After six months of intense negotiation, the bill to establish the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) passed quietly through Parliament last week ...

For about five years after the fire there wasn’t much reason for smart people to want to come to Mount Stromlo but now there will be an international recruitment drive. The Australian National University is about to launch a worldwide ...

In the face of another anonymous attack, scientists rebrand and stand up with a Respect the Science campaign. Australian scientists have united in a vigorous campaign for renewed respect despite a fresh anonymous threat, this time emailed to the head ...

Australian universities are realising they have to adopt a US culture of philanthropy, Jennifer Bennett finds. The US tradition of donating to your alma mater has never really taken off in Australia yet more and more of our universities are ...

Over half a billion bucks is riding on workforce development plans, so the race is on to learn how to prepare and write such plans, and convincing ones at that. By John Mitchell. Absorbing Skills Australia, the National Workforce and ...

The boomers need to remember what drove the revolt in the Arab world was twitter and facebook not universities One day kids will be driving with their parents past closed universities and the kids will ask ‘what is that joint ...

Whilst we might be encouraging more and more students to consider a university pathway, to bring them to university, and set them up to fail is a poor outcome for everyone involved. By Keith McNaught. Fifty Years ago in Australia ...

Attempts by the coalition to attach amendments on free speech and student learning entitlements to the demand-driven university funding bill failed last week, while the bill still remains before the House of Representatives. Manager of opposition business Christoper Pyne said ...

Attrition is still a major issue in Australian universities, according to an analysis of the nation’s largest survey of students. The number of first-year students considering dropping out of Australian universities is decreasing. That’s the good news. On the other ...