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UNE has appointed Martha Saw as the CEO of its fundraising arm, the UNE Foundation, and director of the newly created Office of Advancement. Saw has previously worked for McKillop Family Services, Questacon, and the Canberra Region Medical Foundation. Most ...

Dr Colin Mason has been appointed as director of the Institute of Teaching and Learning at Deakin University. Mason is currently dean, teaching and learning at Unitec New Zealand, where he also led the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation. ...

What will the new Obama regime mean for universities? I think the answer lies in this slogan: “Rednecks for Obama. Even we’ve had enough.” The New York Times reported that this sign was seen emblazoned on a Confederate flag before ...

A few weeks ago John Dawkins, the John the Baptist of higher education, dusted off his speaking shoes for a rare public appearance. He chose the University of Canberra for a presentation about the good old days when he changed ...

Universities are making some inroads in reducing the costs of recruiting overseas students, but their success is being undermined by the escalating commissions charged by agents. Research by Alan Olsen, director of the Hong Kong-based consultancy SPRE Limited, reveals 24 ...

With a presidential order reversing the ban on stem cell research already drafted, there are high expectations that the 44th President of the United States of America is going to give science and R&D a massive shot of adrenaline. Bloggers ...

James Cook University’s Singapore campus has been accused of kowtowing to the country’s political leaders and denying a staff member freedom of speech, after one of its contracted lecturers became embroiled in politically related legal proceedings. But the university says ...

A Federal Court finding this month will prevent universities from bypassing negotiations with their staff by mounting technical arguments about who’s entitled to raise disputes, according to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). But the Australian Higher Education Industry Association ...

With future funding now flagged for student services and amenities, an ideological argument over unionism is giving way to jibes over who best runs student services. Youth minister Kate Ellis announced last week that universities would be allowed to set ...

When Shadow Treasurer Julie Bishop found herself in the middle of a media storm recently over plagiarised wording in a chapter for a book, her loyal chief of staff Murray Hansen jumped to her defence. He was the plagiariser. Mea ...