Journal rankings and indicators for applied research to be revisited for ERA mark two The Australian Research Council (ARC) will hold a fresh round of public talks in early 2011 on its new Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. ...

Australia needs to ask itself what is a university John Phillips, the outgoing chancellor of the University of Western Sydney (UWS) would like to see Australia have a clearer definition of what is a university. Phillips who will leave the ...

The number of foreign students in Australia who were very highly satisfied with their overall study experience is down another 10 per cent since last year. Scholarships are increasingly imperative to prospective foreign students when choosing the country and institution ...

A 2009 roundtable said Australia’s government should consider “hubs” for international students, and the Baird review agreed. Yet, Sweden’s Uppsala University has been doing hubs for nearly 400 years. Sweden’s got a lot of great qualities. But the price of ...

Changes to UK higher education could help shift the international education balance back in Australia’s favour, without unbalancing research. Forthcoming changes to the UK’s higher education system could give Australia a competitive edge in education exports without affecting the potential ...

Global perspective has opened business opportunities for students A small group of Australian executives recently attended a briefing in Sydney on a unique MBA program that would immerse them in classrooms and cultures throughout Asia and the US. The executive ...

Teaching and research beckon high-profile vice-chancellor University of Western Australia (UWA) Vice-Chancellor Alan Robson announced his retirement last week, saying the time was right for the university to come under new leadership. Robson, who chairs the Group of Eight and ...

Time abroad reaps benefits for staff and students at a UK university Associate Professor Betty Leask started her talk by sharing a recent dream. In a nutshell, she had dreamed she found herself floating/falling behind a glass wall, on the ...

A protein to help marshal forces against cancer cells and other invaders A team of Australian and British researchers have shown how a protein called perforin punches holes in, and kills rogue cells in our bodies. Their discovery of the ...

Sector reduced to sleuthing because of COAG failure education advocates argue International education advocates have strongly criticised the government for failing to release a promised strategy for problems plaguing foreign students in Australia. They say the Council of Australian Governments ...