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Most unis have managed to sidestep the GFC, but it’s still changed the credit landscape. Most universities will have to bring their current infrastructure up to scratch before they can seriously think about expanding to meet the Bradley targets. And ...

By failing to fully fund the Bradley tertiary education reforms, the government is missing out on an investment return of 15 to 20 per cent. The tertiary education reforms recommended by the Bradley review offer an “unmissable bargain” which Australia ...

Universities are preparing for dramatic growth even before 2012, but is the government ready or able to pay for necessary infrastructure? There is likely to be significant and dramatic growth in enrolments in at least a dozen universities over the ...

Parliamentary brinkmanship may leave next year’s students without scholarships. A Senate vote as early as Monday may determine whether there are scholarships for disadvantaged tertiary students next year, after the major parties reached an impasse over income support reforms. Opposition ...

Supercomputer is just the beginning The federal government is providing $26 million towards Australia’s newest research supercomputer, named Vayu, to be hosted at the Australian National University. Substantial co-investment has also been secured by several partner organisations, including ANU, the ...

Hot on the heels of the Meridian collapse, Victoria has unveiled draft registration guidelines for new providers. New VET providers in Victoria will have to agree in writing to up to two random inspections of their education premises every year, ...

Southern Cross University estimates it will put $500 million into its local economies in 2012. Just two months into the job as vice-chancellor of the sprawling multi-campus Southern Cross University, Professor Peter Lee has commissioned and released a report that ...

Increased migration processing times are leaving international graduates in limbo, writes Shanthi Robertson. The uneasy relationship between international education and skilled migration has been further strained by new delays to the processing of many applications for skilled migration. In September, ...

The ALTC is perfectly placed to develop standards with the disciplines, writes Jacqui Elson-Green. Academic standards have been a concern of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council since its inception in 2005. Since that time the ALTC has invested in ...

Adam Shoemaker considers access and invention in the online academy. Higher education is full of paradoxes. One of the most prominent of these is the gulf between experiential learning and opinion formation. For example, nearly every academic in Australia has ...