Universities are not rushing to provide open educational resources probably because doing so could upset a whole high street of traditional pedagogical carts, writes Annette Blackwell Open curriculum, open student support, open assessment and open accreditation will have to be ...

Public consultations on the draft legislation to set up the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) closed last Thursday. There are still some unresolved issues but nothing insurmountable, most stakeholders say. Here is a brief summary of the state ...

Prized international science and technology Fulbright scholarships have gone to two Australians. Protecting your digital identity; comparing police training in the US and Australia; determining the prevalence and impact of foot pain - these are just some of the areas ...

Private provider moves into multimedia course offerings globally. Navitas chief executive Rod Jones wants to put one thing to rest – his acquisition of the $289 million SAE group is not to cushion his company against the downturn in international ...

The ALTC will go in January but peer review will continue - as will assessment of grant money and programs, Education Minister Senator Chris Evans says. The federal government will put in place governance arrangements to ensure appropriate peer review ...

The compliance powers of the proposed national VET regulator (NVR) could spook university chiefs, the opposition has warned. TAFE representatives want the registration standards in the national VET regulator (NVR) bill beefed up to match the draft legislation for the ...

VCs have highlighted indexation as the most important Bradley reform – and one they don’t want watered down by flood cuts or funding reshuffles. The higher education sector mustn’t allow the base funding review or disaster-related funding cuts to derail ...

TEQSA has paved the way for how the sector should work as one on base funding and other policies that affect it. The higher education sector must reach consensus on the base funding review and do a better job of ...

A Senate select committee has found a sure-fire way of eliciting a Liberal view on taxation: just ask the Liberals. A Coalition-dominated select committee has urged senators not to pass the student support and amenities bill, describing the proposed student ...

Forecaster Phil Ruthven challenges vice-chancellors to start changing some of the traditions universities hold most dear. Tough years loom for universities, requiring them to transform outdated traditions into strict business strategies for the future, says Phil Ruthven, chair of forecaster ...