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A postgraduate qualification still looks like a smart move for students, with a study showing 86 per cent of those with one had a full-time job four months after completing their studies.  While the study’s authors suggested this was at ...

Research into the history of education is in decline at Australian universities, with serious ramifications on the quality of education policy, says the winner of the highest award conferred by the Australian College of Educators.  Dr Brian Croke, director of ...

Just a small improvement in the way that universities manage procurement can lead directly to enormous, recurrent savings that go straight to the bottom line, providing investment for the core operations of research, teaching and learning, a conference has been ...

Early intervention is the catch-cry in mental health, but the reality of putting young people in touch with support services is not always so simple, with a conference this month being told students with mental illnesses require “scaffolding” to support ...

Regional universities will not be immune to the new market reality for Australian higher education, which will be driven by student numbers from 2012.  That is the view of Professor Ian Goulter, vice-chancellor at Charles Sturt University, in a warning ...

A plan to arrest the decline of international education in Australia through the establishment of a joint government-industry body has been lauded by the Australian Council for Private Education and Training. The Hospitality Training Association has launched a report, The ...

International students frequently feel like outsiders and institutions need to take greater steps to engage with them if they want to protect their mental health, a conference in Melbourne has been told. Professor Simon Marginson from the Centre for the ...

How to best prepare for a radically changing landscape was the topic delegates repeatedly returned to at an inaugural regional tertiary education conference held last week. With an uncapped student market looming, regional TAFEs and universities used the two-day Informa-run conference ...

Much needs to change in the way tertiary institutions manage students with mental illnesses – down to the language used in official communications and in disciplinary action, a conference in Melbourne has been told. Professor Spencer Zifcak, Allen Myers Chair ...

As the embryonic Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) takes form, the five standards domains – Provider, Qualifications, Teaching & Learning, Research and Information Standards – are currently works in progress. At this stage the Information Standards domain appears ...