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A lack of undergraduate courses that cover online information security is jeopardising the effectiveness of the UK's Cyber Security Strategy, according to a leading expert. In a written statement on 3 December, Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, praises ...

There is significant evidence to indicate that the effort and cost in negotiating and managing articulation arrangements is not matched by the numbers of students making the transition from VET to university. With the commencement in July this year of ...

The University of Melbourne has come under fire from the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) for allegedly trying to axe indigenous staff targets by cutting clauses from its union agreement. In allegations that the University describe as "baseless", the NTEU ...

The partnership between a Brisbane biotechnology company formed by The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and a publicly traded pharmaceutical company based on the east coast of the United States is expanding. Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. was established ...

The University of Adelaide will provide smaller classes over the next decade according to vice-chancellor Warren Bebbington. The new 10-year Strategic Plan: Beacon of Enlightenment outlines the University's plan to "commit to transformation rather than growth" said Bebbington. He said ...

The former CEO of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Laurie Pearcey, has taken up the inaugural role of director of China strategy and development at the University of NSW. Pearcey will hold a joint position as director of the ...

The success of the Open Universities Australia scheme has been shown by four graduates who live on the troubled Thai-Burma border. Mexican-American comedian Louis C. K. writes and performs skits about "white people problems" where he parodies the ways in ...

The Australian National University has appointed leading financial and economic expert Professor Jennifer Corbett as pro vice-chancellor (research and research training). Acting vice-chancellor Professor Margaret Harding said Corbett's expertise has been sought by some of the world's foremost economic institutions, ...

Professor Craig Simmons, director of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training at Flinders University has been appointed to the university's inaugural Schultz Chair in the Environment. The position, the first endowed chair at Flinders, was made possible through ...

Professor David Abramson has been appointed director of the University of Queensland's new research computing centre. Abramson has held a number of leadership roles in education and research over the past 30 years, having been a program leader at CSIRO; ...