By Marcel Creed | 14th May, 2013 | Front page posts, News, Top Stories |
One of the risks of running an educational institution is keeping compliant with government regulations. Every six months, I hear of another college hit with a non-compliance transgression for failing to check their students’ visa status or some other compliance-related More..
By Aileen Macalintal | 14th May, 2013 | Front page posts, News, Top Stories |
Despite the uncertainty of the times and changes to government funding, the planned joint venture of Monash University and the University of Ballarat will go ahead. Monash vice-chancellor Ed Byrne said, “The impact of the government’s announcement is not yet More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 14th May, 2013 | Front page posts, News, Top Stories |
The University of South Australia is staging one of the biggest conversations about its future this month. The only difference is that conversation will take place online. On May 29-30, the university will launch a “unijam”, bringing together thousands of More..
By Campus Review | 11th February, 2013 | Faculty Focus, Top Stories |
Forget the stereotypes. Women are an increasing force in the university engineering ranks across Australia. They are still outnumbered almost 10 to one by their male counterparts but the winds of change are blowing. “There is an increasing recognition that More..
By John Mitchell | 4th February, 2013 | Top Stories, VET |
A Brotherhood of St Laurence study has found disengaged youth could be left behind by recent changes to vocational training. There is an old saying that you can judge a society by how well it looks after the most disadvantaged More..
By Louis White | 4th February, 2013 | Management, Sections, Top Stories |
Universities are billion-dollar enterprises today, so the leaders need training in financial practice or an understanding of it. Phil Dolan may just be the role model for the academic of the future. The professor, who is dean of the More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 4th February, 2013 | Front page posts, News, Top Stories |
A federal government report on career pathways of PhDs confirms that lack of job security is by far the worst aspect for aspiring academics. The survey has revealed that researchers like their work but not the employment system in which More..
By Campus Review | 29th January, 2013 | News, Top Stories |
Australian commuters are turning back to trains, trams and buses in record numbers, new analysis by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University shows. The last five years have seen the biggest jump in public transport use across Australia in More..