A survey of women university students has uncovered a disturbing trend in their experience of sexual violence and harassment. Sexual violence and harassment against women students are so widespread they peak above national averages, according to findings in a new ...

Not much scope for reform, a rebalancing of student program needed Australia’s student visa system is “unsustainable” and needs to be rebalanced, immigration minister Chris Bowen told a lunchtime conference in Sydney on Friday. Bowen was commenting in response to ...

TEQSA looms large and AUQA diminishes as the government’s deadline for bringing a new national regulator into being approaches. Federal parliament is expected to revisit proposed TEQSA legislation this week, as the government scrambles to meet its July 1 deadline ...

When universities move to an upcapped system in 2012 there may be one state that has no demand to meet, a new study suggests. Western Australian school students are being discouraged from attempting harder year 12 courses that would allow ...

The first study comparing Australian and New Zealand skilled migration policies gives Kiwis the advantage. New Zealand intends to capitalise on global immigration clampdowns and nab some of the most world’s most attractive skilled migrants for itself, according to a ...

Threats and abuse are not rare in climate change circles across the globe. While it is the death threats to climate change researchers at Australian National University that have received the most coverage in the past week, they were not ...

Reluctant private providers are skewing the nation’s VET data and their participation in data collection should be mandated, according to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). NCVER managing director Tom Karmel called for the mandatory provision of data ...

NASFA hears Australia leads in quality assurance and degree recognition, THE reports A wide-ranging analysis that attempts to measure and rank aspects of national higher education systems put Australia first, followed by Germany  and the UK in the category of  ...

Dragging a university into the 21st century is a tough enterprise, Annette Blackwell finds when she talks with UNSW vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer. You know things are running smoothly at a university when the council is invisible, says Fred Hilmer, vice-chancellor ...

Campus Review is delighted to welcome on board Jennifer Bennett our newest reporter. Jennifer Bennett has strong experience both in Australia and internationally. The former deputy chief sub of the Jakarta Post returned to Australia to do a Masters in ...