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This year’s global university rankings rankled many in the sector. The dissatisfaction was not confined to Australia, but here we did see vice-chancellors question the methodologies of the three major agencies, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE) and Shanghai ...

With the Australian Teaching and Learning Council awards announced next week three former winners Mark Israel, Iain Hay, Lisa Emerson take a wry look at impacts on their careers Prepare an acceptance ‘speech’. Those who get to deliver an acceptance ...

Swinburne University of Technology’s Professor Russell Crawford has been appointed President of the Australian Council of Deans of Science (ACDS). Crawford is Dean of the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences at Swinburne, a position he has held since 2004. ...

Associate Professor David Laurence has accepted the position of the inaugural Mitsubishi chair in sustainable mining practices at the University of New South Wales School of Mining Engineering. As chair, Laurence also becomes the founding director of the Australian Centre ...

Open Universities Australia (OUA) has appointed Mr Sam Weiss as chairman and Mr David Phillips as an independent director. Weiss replaces outgoing chair Peter Wade, who retired in October after 10 years in the role. Weiss served as an independent ...

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 University of the Sunshine Coast has signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism to help establish tourism educational institutions and plan strategic policies for sustainable tourism. “There is big potential for USC, short and long-term, ...

The first law doctoral scholarships to be offered by the University of Technology, Sydney have been named after Australia’s first female Governor-General and human rights advocate, Ms Quentin Bryce AC.The doctoral scholarships will be offered by the UTS Faculty of ...

Darragh O Keeffe reports on new efforts to provide quality clinical placements for the health professionals of tomorrow. Providing students from various disciplines, such as nursing, physiotherapy and podiatry, the opportunity to learn and work together in aged care facilities ...

Journal rankings and indicators for applied research to be revisited for ERA mark two The Australian Research Council (ARC) will hold a fresh round of public talks in early 2011 on its new Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. ...