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Government report calls for measures to boost enrolment in engineering degrees A continuing shortage of engineers means companies have to compete in the global market for skilled engineering professionals for a higher price, a report from the Australian National Engineering ...

Relaxed youth allowance eligibility criteria may be introduced for regional students, despite the government’s fast-tracked review. By John Ross. The federal opposition is pushing ahead with plans to change ‘gap year’ eligibility criteria for youth allowance, despite the government’s commitment ...

Curricula across universities are changing fast to keep pace with new platforms Hundreds of first-year science students at the University of Adelaide will be given a free Apple iPad as the campus becomes the first in Australia to develop a ...

Christian Bumbarra Thompson has started his fine arts PhD at Oxford University as one of only two Indigenous Australians to study at the prestigious institution. Australian contemporary artist Christian Bumbarra Thompson (left) has made history as one of just two ...

An inaugural gender equality conference will hear how the nation’s most traditional universities must make room for more women leaders at the highest levels. And the message is coming from within the Go8. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) ...

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Independent MP Andrew Wilkie confirms he will not back flood levy unless ALTC survives. A deal could be struck today, by Susan Woodward. Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie, has confirmed to Campus Review he would withhold his support of the ...

A leading higher education expert says the new ERA framework will have more effect on research direction than international rankings. By Susan Woodward. Results from round one of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment are unlikely to affect ...

Australian student visas are way pricier and slower than their competitors. But what really needs changing is the financial capacity test, the student visa review has heard. By John Ross. International higher education students should only be required to prove ...

Move aside Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Here comes Canberra, the Learning Capital of the world. By John Ross. The ACT would trump Victoria’s training guarantee by promising places for all its school students in the territory’s newly integrated tertiary education ...