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US committed to doubling the exchange of students A US presidential visit to Indonesia last week has further sealed higher education ties between the two countries. US president Barack Obama told a packed crowd of students at the University of ...

Research council accused of abandoning the agreed ranking with libraries academics A small humanities discipline has refuted recent claims by the Australian Research Council (ARC) that its new journal rankings enjoy broad academic consensus. Curtin University Associate Professor Kerry Smith, ...

Undergraduates not that easily persuaded to keep studying Academics who suggest to undergraduate students that postgraduate study is a viable option are not likely to significantly influence their students to consider a postgraduate degree, a study has found. The research ...

Vice-chancellors say trip has fortified a worried sector Still reeling from the fallout of the attacks on Indian students, Australian universities are taking steps to ensure its biggest overseas market – China – could better weather a similar controversy. A ...

Legislation should not be passed without a discussion peper says Go8 The Group of Eight is urging key politicians to reject pending Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) legislation unless its demands for a discussion paper are met. Its ...

Government keen to look at international student visa issue, says UTS VC Tertiary Education minister Chris Evans will seek a re-examination of Australia’s visa system and its impact on foreign students, according to a delegate who travelled with him to ...

Griffith professor funded for cutting-edge ancient DNA research The Australian Research Council (ARC) awarded a discovery grant for cutting-edge DNA research that could reveal the origins and even physical appearance of the first Australians. Dr David Lambert, professor of evolutionary ...

Australian universities need to stop bypassing Brussels when they do business in Europe, says Brendan Nelson. The European Union has developed into a potent and coherent structure, and Australian tertiary education leaders need to factor Brussels in when they’re trying ...

Tim Hannan, a senior lecturer from the School of Psychology at the University of Western Sydney, has been elected as a general director on the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) board of directors. The APS is the largest professional association for ...

The real beauty of sending top Australian researchers to Europe, Austrade says, is luring top students down under. We’re sitting in a University of Bergen lecture room. It’s about 10am and daylight is starting to seep through the clouds and ...