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Funding cuts threaten Oxford University tutorial system Oxford University will have to axe its prized tutorial system if the government pushes ahead with funding cuts, a report has warned. Foreshadowed cuts to higher education of will be reduced by $320 ...

Universities are increasingly collaborating in shared data centres. It doesn’t just make economic sense, writes Beverley Head. In just a few weeks, three Victorian universities will take up their positions in a new data centre in Melbourne’s Noble Park. It ...

The paucity of women in the sciences is contributing to the fragility of Australia’s scientific knowledge and skills base, but could be the key to rebuilding it, reports Jeremy Gilling. Women are making strong progress in most areas of academia ...

It is not often that science students are asked to write an analytic essay or participate in a mock trial, but for Simon Lewis relevant curriculum needs to think outside the box. In a professional context, forensic scientists will need ...

Online intro: The Cuban leader’s eldest son was blown away by six Australian universities’ cooperative scientific venture. Fidel Castro was reportedly fascinated by the facilities of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility based at Sydney University when he visited ...

The government’s 40 per cent attainment target might be under-ambitious, new data suggests. The federal government’s 40 per cent bachelors completion targets are well on the way to being reached – well before any of its targeted policies come into ...

Meeting recently in Canberra, state and territory training ministers showed they’re right behind Canberra – six months behind, in some cases. John Ross reports. When Commonwealth, state and territory education and training ministers got together in Melbourne in April, it ...

The Victorian decision not to agree to a national regulator for VET reeks of political incompetence, writes Paul Rodan. It was depressing to read that Victoria and Western Australia were holding out against the establishment of a national vocational education ...

A fast-tracked review will consider whether the federal government’s flagship VET program meets current economic demands. A formal review of the federal government’s flagship VET program, the Productivity Places Program (PPP), will be fast-tracked after the country’s education and training ...