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The problem we are grappling with is that of the Tower of Babel Wherever I go, the minute people’s work cannot be put in a disciplinary pigeonhole they seem to have trouble explaining the basis for it. Increasingly the terms ...

Data, when it is used wisely, can frame good questions. When it is used poorly, it can rush to judgment, writes Dr John De Courcy. Educators are awash in a sea of data, and it is sometimes hard to pick ...

Researchers find more men than women support the use of nuclear energy Australians are almost evenly divided on whether nuclear energy is a viable option, Macquarie University researchers have found. A survey shows 28 per cent of respondents support it ...

Draft policy document casts doubt on the use of corporations’ law to register and deregister universities The federal government’s reliance on corporations law to give a national regulator registration powers in higher education may be unconstitutional, Australia’s top-ranking universities say ...

Vice-chancellors would rank HR success as keeping the organisation off front pages and out of court. In an ideal world, one could expect a gathering of HR practitioners to be characterised by equanimity, professionalism and openness to a diversity of ...

The Commonwealth has vowed to assert its regulatory rights over large WA and Victorian VET colleges. The federal government will use its constitutional powers to override any attempts by Western Australia and Victoria to stop it assuming regulatory control of ...

ARC gives $30 million green light to 78 linkage and facilities projects A West Australian scientist and his team will construct a $1.2 million ground station so they can participate in an international space mission in 2013. University of Western ...

Leading education provider honoured for contribution to Australian economy Leading global education provider Navitas has won a national award for outstanding innovation and export achievement in the field of education and training services. The 2010 National Education and Training Export ...

An approach to make science teaching practical and experimental in one high school has seen an increase in the number of students studying science at university. In the past, and still in many cases today, science teaching has been boring ...

TAFE staff are relocating to industry workplaces, John Mitchell finds. At the start of 2010, a report by Skills Australia called for VET providers to support the development of industry workforces around Australia. The year ends with the release of ...