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From next year, students at the University of Western Australia will have just five undergraduate degrees to choose from instead of hundreds. The university is moving to a degree program similar to that of Melbourne University, in which students complete ...

A new Thomson Reuters application that draws on data collected for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings shows China’s heavy investment in research is paying off the Times Higher Education reports A comparison of elite groups of universities using ...

The Aussie accent is being captured and recorded all over the country this winter. More than 30 scientists from 11 Australian universities, including UWA, will be recording the speech patterns of 1,000 adults from 17 different locations in all states ...

The real story behind the prime minister’s opening of a new medical complex in the NT belongs to an intake of Flinders University indigenous students. Creativity and generosity have gone a long way in the Flinders University school of medicine, ...

The future of university nursing programs will give students the flexibility to study online, fast-track their way to registration and get involved in research early on in their studies. Pending accreditation, the University of Southern Queensland plans to introduce a ...

In their haste to prepare students for a career, universities have lost sight of the true meaning of education, argues Steven Schwartz. "I don’t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while – ...

Equity is an outcome and a measure of how fair and effective each person’s education has been, writes Stuart Middleton.I have just returned from a conference in San Diego in California that looked at success and retention in higher education. ...

The plan is to assess the extent to which the Commonwealth International Students Ombudsman would meet the commitments given by the Victorian coalition and then address any deficiencies. Victorian tertiary education minister Peter Hall has confirmed that he is putting ...

If there is too much emphasis on SES in Australian education policy are we funding the right areas? There is an over emphasis on socioeconomic status throughout Australia’s policy world Dr Gary Marks principal research fellow at the Australian Council ...

Another reason for UNE to do the deal with Pearson was the workload faced by staff teaching in two modes. In what is possibly a first for an Australian university the University of New England (UNE) has signed an agreement ...