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Dr Mark Hay, AUQA audit director, has been appointed executive director of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education in South Africa. Hay, who has been with AUQA since January 2008, will leave this month ...

Martin Riordan, chief executive of Tafe Directors Australia (TDA) has been re-elected deputy chair of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP). The World Federation AGM and Board meeting was held in November during its federation’s World Congress in ...

The contribution a regional university makes to its community drew Professor Deborah Saltman, to Southern Cross University where she takes up the post Pro Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Sciences). Professor Saltman take over following the retirement of pro-VC Professor Jenny Graham, ...

Professor Abdullah Saeed, Professor Tim McNamara and Associate Professor Anne McLaren are among the twenty-four Australian academics in the humanities who have been elected as Fellows of the prestigious academy, one of the highest honours available for achievement in the ...

The University of Technology, Sydney’s has launched its ithree institute under the leadership of Professor Ian Charles. Former chief scientist of Australia Dr Jim Peacock has become chair of the institute’s scientific advisory board. The institute brings together international researchers ...

Eight early career researchers from Croatia, Lithuania, Hungary, Estonia and Slovak Republic have been named as the successful Group of Eight European Fellows in 2011. Each fellow will receive benefits worth $20,000 to travel to Australia and work at a ...

Cloud computing can increase capabilities on the run without having to invest in new infrastructure By definition, a revolution in approach to IT provision as big as cloud computing throws up challenges, some of which will only be resolved with ...