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The chief executive of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Professor Geoff Masters has announced the appointment of two senior educational researchers who will head newly-established ACER research divisions. The new appointments are Dr Sue Thomson who becomes Head ...

Professor Christine Halse, the Director of the University of Western Sydney’s Centre for Educational Research (CER), has been appointed as an ethics expert to the European Commission on Framework Program for Research and Technological Development. Halse, who is also President ...

Professor Faith Trent AM, FACE from Flinders University has been awarded the prestigious Mary MacKillop Medal by the Australian College of Educators (ACE) SA Branch in recognition of her valuable contribution to education. As a champion of social justice, Mary ...

UK government funding for university teaching has slumped so low that Oxford and Cambridge could be better off without it. But they still want the government’s research grants. The UK’s top-ranked university has reportedly threatened to ‘go private’ over dissatisfaction ...

The British government has spared research but decimated teaching in its “axe Wednesday” spending cuts. Research funding was unexpectedly spared despite massive cuts to the UK’s higher education budget in last week’s comprehensive review of government spending. The spending review, ...

New efforts to get lawyers working in remote areas. With statistics showing the number of law professionals working in rural and remote areas is declining, the University of Newcastle has hit the road on a promotion tour. The Lawyers of ...

High workloads, ethical dilemmas and pressure to be exceptional - it is easy to understand why many law students are highly stressed. And why one university decided a nurturing hand was needed, Annie May writes. The legal profession is perceived ...

New MBA a ‘stand out’ program in a crowded market. Monash University has launched a new MBA program that aims to develop leadership and personal capabilities as well as provide a holistic approach to business challenges and issues alongside conventional ...

UQ’s new law degree meets the specific needs of Australian law graduates in the workforce. With the law constantly changing, legal education also has to change to keep pace with both consumer and professional demands. In an effort to meet ...

More than 1,000 research projects get a cash injection, writes Annette Blackwell The second round of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluations will start in 2012, Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr said today. He made the announcement in ...