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International commencements have suffered a dramatic reverse, slumping for the first time in years – but we’ll have to wait until May to see how badly. International commencements declined in January in all five educational sectors, in a dramatic turnaround ...

A major investment in medical training places by the federal government is unlikely to solve the shortage of intern places. Last week’s $632 million medical training package announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has done little to assuage fears by ...

Australian research output has seen significant increases over the past decade despite an environment of funding austerity. Australia’s share of research publication output has been growing steadily for the past decade, rising from 2.85 per cent of global output in ...

They might be an untapped seam of learners and earners for a buoyant economy. But the proportion of disengaged young people is back at 90s levels, thanks to the GFC. The global financial crisis undid a decade of painstaking progress ...

Australia isn’t done yet with its “decade of policy experimentation” on student-migration pathways. And other countries would do well to watch and learn. At the very time demographic changes and an economic boom had led to many professions in Australia ...

First-year students are better informed and better prepared for university life. The problem is, they are just not engaging in it. Picture this. It’s 2009. There are two first year students. They are highly organised, extremely busy, happy with their ...

Kwong Lee Dow’s expert panel is on-target with its recommendations about how Victoria should respond to the federal attainment and equity targets. University chiefs and academics in Victoria have welcomed the expert panel’s recommendations to guide the development of the ...

The NSW and Victorian governments won’t introduce travel concessions for international students, despite Bruce Baird’s recommendation. And the state Oppositions haven’t committed to it, either. International students in NSW and Victoria shouldn’t hold their breath on transport concessions, even though ...

The federal government has released first-step versions of its compacts with universities. Interim agreements between 38 universities and the federal government – the first step in the development of mission-based compacts – have been released on the DEEWR website. The ...

Is it easy to reinvent a TAFE institute, asks John Mitchell. Can TAFE institutes reinvent themselves? This is a pressing question for the sector as it moves towards a market-based framework in the next few years in most states and ...