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UNE is a university of contrasts.” So begins UNE’s recent AUQA audit – a mixed bag that finds pockets of excellence, energy, enthusiasm and vision amid a broader culture largely happy with maintaining the status quo. So while the university ...

Despite the political sensitivities, uncapping fees may be the only way for the government to continue to be able to guarantee a quality system. Domestic student fees will eventually be uncapped out of necessity as the government struggles to pay ...

The murder of an Indian student in Melbourne prompts call for cross-border agency to improve security. Governments must unite to tackle the problem of international student security as a matter of “global public good”, a world higher education conference has ...

More cuts to university funding and UK government demands more two-year degrees. UK universities have been told to reduce the length of their courses, after the government made more dramatic cuts to higher education spending just before Christmas. Just before ...

Cormann new training shadow Mathias Cormann was appointed Opposition spokesperson for employment participation, apprenticeships and training as part of Tony Abbott’s reshuffle of the Opposition in early December. The 39-year-old Belgian-born lawyer, a former Western Australian Liberal Party vice-president and ...

Differences among the Australian states and territories in school-to-work transition outcomes are dramatic, ranging from well above the OECD average to well below. And the differences found in a recent analysis of OECD and ABS data are considerably greater than ...

The great challenge posed by the government’s draft policy framework for higher education is to construct an architecture in which to resurrect the principle that universities build nations by cultivating fine minds, writes Jennifer Oriel. Just when the press had ...

PPP graduates are more likely to find work, but they are also more likely to be looking for work in the first place. Previously unemployed graduates of the federal government’s $7 billion Productivity Places Program (PPP) are 9 per cent ...

What bright ideas will help TAFE staff develop new capabilities, asks John Mitchell. With mounting pressure on TAFEs to increase their ability to make money, in the future many more TAFE staff may be rated by their potential to generate ...

Walker to quit Deakin appointed deputy director with responsibility for education and Professor Andrew Leigh has been appointed deputy director with responsibility for research. New Curtin PVC for humanities Curtin University has appointed Professor Majella Franzmann as the pro vice-chancellor ...