A leading higher education expert says the new ERA framework will have more effect on research direction than international rankings. By Susan Woodward. Results from round one of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment are unlikely to affect ...

Australian student visas are way pricier and slower than their competitors. But what really needs changing is the financial capacity test, the student visa review has heard. By John Ross. International higher education students should only be required to prove ...

Two Chinese-born researchers have achieved world-class status while working in Australia and collaborating with their countrymen. Now China is enticing them to give back even more. By Susan Woodward. Two world-renowned Deakin University researchers have been named on a list ...

Some wish it packed a bit more punch, but a new research integrity committee has been mostly welcomed. By Susan Woodward. The Gillard government has billed it as a sure way to check researcher misconduct at universities.But others say a ...

Universities need to lift their game on industry and community research, says the Victorian government’s tertiary education adviser. By John Ross. Universities need to develop five-year community engagement plans and to appoint senior executives with stand-alone responsibilities for "third stream" ...

International education has entered a recycled phase, with overseas enrolments increasingly sourced from people already studying here. By John Ross. About two in five international enrolments are now recycled former students rather than fresh overseas arrivals, figures from the Department ...

The opposition’s attempt to wind back youth allowance reforms may succeed, despite government protests that it’s unconstitutional. The seemingly never-ending political stoush over the youth allowance has entered uncharted constitutional waters, as the federal government tries to prevent the opposition ...

UK government funding for university teaching has slumped so low that Oxford and Cambridge could be better off without it. But they still want the government’s research grants. The UK’s top-ranked university has reportedly threatened to ‘go private’ over dissatisfaction ...

As part two of the Melbourne model gets under way, the university that pioneered it is breathing easier. By Annette Blackwell. The University of Melbourne has made changes to its new-generation undergraduate curriculum after satisfaction ratings from the first cohort ...

A Perth meeting has heard it is good strategy to keep Australian-Indonesian lines of communication open. By Jeff Li and Annette Blackwell. Just as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was proposing Australia halt aid to Indonesian educators, language experts were gathering ...