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With university chief information officers are increasingly challenged to get cost out of the data operation. by Beverley Head A number of universities are overhauling their data centres – some such as Monash, Melbourne and RMIT going so far as ...

The need to inspire young people about science has never been more important. The future of science in Australia is bright if this year’s newest Tall Poppies are anything to go by. They are working towards a future where materials ...

The shortage of scientists isn’t only due to lack of students studying science, writes Annie May. Bad press and a rigid view of maths have seen the state of mathematical sciences and related disciplines in Australia deteriorate to a dangerous ...

Until last week, he presided over the portfolio that kept Australia safe from international students. Now he’s presiding over a sector that isn’t safe without them. Reporting to a minister who safeguarded the nation’s borders from, among other things, dubious ...

If THE wanted to differentiate itself from QS, it succeeded. But volatility isn’t enhancing the credibility of global rankings. Universities could start treating global rankings with the sort of caution with which politicians approach polls – resisting a song and ...

The cleaving of the education ministries may have public servants nervous that the same thing could happen to them. But this could be good news for vocational training. Commonwealth public servants are waiting to find out whether the reshuffled education ...

A question for many international students is whether they plan to return home. But a Queensland TAFE and university are working with a group of students who may not have a home to return to. While climate change remains a ...

For just a little while last week, VET had the whip hand. It was fun. But it was brief. “What’s in a name?” asked TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) CEO Martin Riordan. Lots, apparently. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had left the ...

Higher education should have accepted the skills challenge rather than fight a rearguard action to protect its patch, writes Stuart Middleton. At last, I thought, one of the English-speaking education systems has got it right. The incoming government of Julia ...

The gap year needs mapping, according to research suggesting we don’t really know how many students defer – let alone how many come back. When then education minister Julia Gillard sought to change student income support arrangements last year, she ...