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An online system that connects tutors with school students is helping universities make connections with schools. By Julie Hare An ingenious concept that links school students with tutors online is being used by two Australian universities to value-add to their ...

Open access to scholarly content took another step in the right direction last week when the University of Queensland became the latest Australian university to plug in to iTunes U. The deal gives students, academics the general community access to ...

Monash University is about to move into the implementation phase of its home-grown e-learning system, writes Beverley Head. After two years of trials, Monash University is rolling out a home-grown, e-learning system that it hopes will engage students, and also ...

Philip Poronnik says he assumed the role of secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science in late 2009 as part of a concerted effort at “rebirthing” the former powerhouse of science advocacy. He saw ...

Fear of numbers isn’t confined to students in the humanities. It’s a serious concern in the sciences too, reports Jeremy Gilling. Innumeracy is widely recognised as a serious impediment to skills acquisition, innovation and productivity growth. Less well recognised is ...

Skills scored the headlines in a budget that forgot universities. But what did VET really get out of it? The federal government will extend a Victorian-style training guarantee across the country, directly fund the biggest 100 VET providers, and introduce ...

It’s dangerous to go full steam ahead into a new tertiary sector without a roadmap, vice-chancellors have told Victorian TAFE bosses A second and even a third Bradley review may be needed to sort out the chaos emerging from the ...

University induction packages are tailored for home-grown academics and fail to address the specific needs of new academics from overseas. Simple advice, such how to open a bank account, get a tax file number, find a school for dependent children ...

Three Australian branch campuses in Malaysia have been awarded self-accrediting status, reflecting a maturing of the country’s higher education sector. Australia’s three universities with fully fledged campuses in Malaysia have all been awarded self-accreditation status by the country’s quality assurance ...