In a comprehensive policy briefing to the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), David Williams, executive director of the Victorian TAFE Association (VTA), pulled no punches when he told how the state’s vocational education change agenda was perceived ...

After eight years at the helm, Bond University vice-chancellor Professor Robert Stable retires this month. During his tenure there was strong growth for the private, not-for-profit university on Queensland’s Gold Coast. In a statement paying him the university said his ...

Former Queensland Supreme Court judge Kerry Cullinane QC has donated $1 million to James Cook University, one of the largest personal donations it has received. The money will be spent providing scholarships and bursaries for disadvantaged students and provide some ...

After a timely review, the government realised the importance of the international sector and acted to protect it. There are many metaphors you could use to describe the international education sector in 2011. It pulled itself out the mud, bounced ...

A new history of the University of Wollongong has been published. Campus Review asked the book’s author Nick Hartgerink why now? An extraordinary era is about to end at the University of Wollongong. Its longest serving vice-chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton ...

Christmas presents in the form of a federal government spend of $377 million under the Structural Adjustment Fund came just in time for universities across the country. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the money would fund 11 new projects in ...

More than $249 million in funding will be available for engineering cadetships, industry training for PhD students, and specialized research hubs next year through a government program to boost competition and innovation in the country’s manufacturing sector. The Industrial Transformation ...

A group of 34 medical researchers and doctors has written to Central Queensland University urging it to re-consider plans to offer a course in alternative medicine. The group is concerned at a decision by CQU to train chiropractors in courses ...

There can be few things that draw so much national attention in the tertiary sector as international university rankings. Depending on their place in them, institutions either trumpet their results or dismiss them as not being of any importance. But ...

Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the new national regulator of the vocational education and training sector. From January, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will scrutinise registered training organisations (RTOs) when they ...