Rampant demand for VET in Victoria may not be all it seems Enrolments have skyrocketed in what’s currently Australia’s only fully demand-driven tertiary education system, sounding a cautionary note for a federal government that’s committed to a demand-driven system for ...

A study finds that Australian universities are good at exporting campus culture Two Australian universities successfully incorporate their culture into overseas campuses despite home academic staff not transferring, a UK study has found The study found that universities with overseas ...

Victoria’s fully competitive training system is fostering dubious claims, and experts warn the problems could run far deeper. A Victorian education agent has enticed companies to enrol their workers in four-day government-funded diploma courses by suggesting they can make a ...

The role of university senior manager is a conflicted and contradictory one for women, according to a new cross-cultural study. Undertaken by a network of feminist researchers in eight countries, the study shows that women in senior management - mostly ...

The government has claimed credit for record student numbers. But the latest figures suggest the labour market was the main driver of a 17-year spike in university applications last year - and of this year's much more modest growth. The ...

While the donation of the Picasso drew quite a bit of media attention in Australia universities here have recently been in receipt of considerable funds from philanthropists. With the announcement last week that London art auction house Christie’s would offer ...

Professor Simon Marginson is a frequent commentator on university rankings. Now he will directly counsel one of the world's most respected ones. Australian higher education analyst Professor Simon Marginson will join eight global peers to adviseShanghaiJiaoTongUniversityon its annual ranking of ...

Seven days out from this year's federal budget - an anorexic one, if government pre-commentary can be believed - a de-facto Bradley report on VET will warn the government not to fatten up training on the cheap. A week before ...

More disadvantaged students applied for university last year. But not enough, according to the experts. Newly released DEEWR statistics suggest universities are making progress towards the government’s equity target, with the proportion of low socioeconomic status (SES) applicants increasing a ...

The gap between indigenous and non-indigenous students across many indicators has widened in the last decade. Just 10,201 out of 766,028 domestic students are indigenous well below the parity target of 3.1 per cent. The recently announced review into indigenous ...