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Open Universities touts benefits of internet courses whilst others want more hard evidence. By Antonia Maiolo. The head of Open Universities Australia is making his case for why most students achieve better academic outcomes studying online than in traditional face-to-face ...

An editor, writer and Open Colleges instructor describes the routines, joys – and email barrages – of a typical day. Ann Harth is an Open Colleges trainer in thefaculty of creative industry, teaching subjects for the Australian School of Journalism. ...

Arguments for a continued interventionist approach to higher education in Australia don’t add up.  By Dr Gwilym Croucher. We can imagine the disbelief in the business community if the prime minister pronounced tomorrow that the government “will deliver great reform ...

UK academic re-ignites debate on how to secure a future for the arts. By Antonia Maiolo. The current focus on lobbying is unlikely to deliver the arts to a place of “safety and riches”, a leading UK academic says. In ...

Universities need to change the way they prepare higher-education teachers for the classroom. By Kelly Matthews. In higher education, the default modus operandi has been, “You know the discipline content, you were a good student so you know how to ...

Australia’s elite universities say expected cuts to research would be disastrous and propose fee deregulation, renewed caps instead. By Louis White. The Australian Government is looking at slashing hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars from higher education in ...

Science and business have more in common than some may want to admit. But it’s the differences that make collaboration worthwhile. By Merlin Crossley. In the 1950s, scientist and novelist C.P. Snow wrote a famous essay, “The Two Cultures”. He ...

Find out which elements matter most to employers when evaluating applicants. By Antonia Maiolo. Despite critics who have questioned the relevance and value of an MBA in recent years, the number of people pursuing the qualification continues to rise. About ...

The University of Western Sydney has appointed professor Scott Holmes to the role of deputy vice-chancellor research and development. An internationally recognised business management and health economics expert, and experienced researcher and academic leader, joins UWS from the University of ...

Internationally recognised professor Lakshman Samaranayake has joined the University of Queensland as head of the school of dentistry. Samaranayake’s move to UQ follows a long and distinguished tenure as dean of the faculty of dentistry at The University of Hong ...