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Academics – and particularly historians – must have stifled a laugh when they read Fred Hilmer’s prescription for a “brave new world” of university governance. (Campus Review, June 14). According to the UNSW vice-chancellor, modern university governance needs fewer elected ...

Parents in regional areas have stepped up their demands for the federal government to relax rules on the independent youth allowance for students. The Isolated Children's Parents' Association is asking the government to make the payments available to all regional ...

The University of Queensland has moved into the top 100 in the most recent Academic World Rankings of Universities list, released today by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Making the top 500 for the first time was Griffith University, which joins 18 ...

A long-awaited independent report into crime against international students has found no evidence that the group is victimised more than the general Australian population. Released on Thursday, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report also uncovers no racial motivation in ...

Finishing year 12 on its own is no longer enough to get a good start in life, according to new research that says young men require further study or an apprenticeship, while young women get the best outcomes from university. ...

The world of education is a funny place. It remains one of the last bastions of the struggle between the classes - only in this instance it is the struggle between academic and vocational. In Canberra, a decision has been ...

"Do you have a disability?" This is one of the first things a student is asked at enrolment. Tick yes and a world of help opens, from special consideration and exam aids to assistance with building access.  But students with ...

Regional universities with ambitions to expand their research will find it increasingly difficult to shake their reputation as a “teaching-only” sector, says Southern Cross University vice-chancellor Professor Peter Lee. Lee told a recent regional tertiary education conference regional institutions were ...

Deepening human understanding of biodiversity, multi-cellular life and the first galaxies of the universe is heady stuff, and it now has the chance of wider application, thanks to the Australian Laureate Fellowships program.  The Australian Research Council’s 2011 fellowships went ...

A handbook on academic leadership with case studies from across the sector is being produced by a team of high-profile academics with the help of a $219,000 grant. The handbook is a capstone project, drawing together lessons from all the ...