Fewer researchers heading back home to avail of Australian grants Ten homegrown researchers have been enticed back to Australia by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships, announced at a ceremony in Canberra last week. The number is down on ...

‘Gap year’ eligibility is just a stop gap measure to overcome regional students’ access problems, says Fiona Nash. The federal opposition does not see a “gap year” approach as the best way to improve income support for regional students, and ...

When a debate about whether to have a debate ends up in a deadlock, it can only mean one thing – the latest Youth Allowance imbroglio. Last summer the opposition foiled the government’s attempts to reform the Youth Allowance. It ...

Improved indexation, arguably the Bradley review’s most important recommendation, now appears assured. A properly indexed, demand-driven funding system for higher education moved a step closer to reality last week, with both houses of parliament rubber-stamping an amendment to the Higher ...

Project underway to form a tertiary languages network The university languages sector has received a vital funding boost with the announcement that a project to form a tertiary languages network has been awarded a $215,000 grant from the Australian Learning ...

Bond University has appointed Queensland Government Architect Professor Philip Follent as the founding head of its new Soheil Abedian School of Architecture, which will accept its first cohort of students in January. Follent said the opportunity to shape a refreshing ...

The University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education (MGSE) has appointed Professor John Hattie director of its research institute. Hattie’s work is internationally acclaimed. His influential 2008 book Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement is ...

Professor Carolyn Evans has been appointed dean of Melbourne Law School. She will take up the position in February. Her appointment followed an international and national search. In a media statement the university council said Evans enjoyed a reputation as ...

Flinders University has appointed Shane McGregor to the new position of vice-president (strategic finance and resources). McGregor has spent the past eight years at the University of Adelaide as its Chief Financial Officer. An MBA and qualified accountant, McGregor has ...