Universities that perform better in research do not necessarily provide better teaching, a new report by the Grattan Institute argues.   The report, taking university teaching seriously, says that as higher education enrolments increase, much more attention needs to be ...

  Qualification completion rates vary widely by education sectors and industries. So how do we support these students? By Susan Hartigan Many educators measure the success of their offered qualifications by their rate of course completion. Qualification completion is an important ...

Men still dominate in the field of engineering, with women making up only 15.8 per cent of enrolments in engineering courses at Australian universities in 2010, says the latest Engineers Australia report. However, there are signs that more women are ...

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 ...

You have to break things to find out how they are built, the manager of safer roads performance at Transport NSW, Delilah Marta, told a group of teenagers at the annual Women in Engineering Summit at the University of Wollongong. ...

Despite two years of upheaval and change, and criticism from uninformed sources, the public can be sure that teacher training will remain at a high level.  The discipline of education seems to never be far from the spotlight of political ...

Academics, employers and recent graduates are collaborating on a project aiming to benchmark national learning and teaching standards for accounting. The project seeks to put into practice a national model of expert peer review for standardising learning outcomes against those developed ...

  Quality placements for student teachers are vital components of all education degrees but they are currently underfunded and poorly structured. The lack of incentives for experienced teachers to supervise students on placement makes it increasingly difficult for universities to ...

With speculation about the death of the traditional laptop, mobile and cloud computing are undoubtedly the hottest topics in the world of information technology from the view point of industry and university IT departments alike. Mobility and personal devices  made ...

The future of university nursing programs will give students the flexibility to study online, fast-track their way to registration and get involved in research early on in their studies. Pending accreditation, the University of Southern Queensland plans to introduce a ...