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A Victorian scholarship program is helping turn dreams into reality for Sayali Shah. The 25-year-old student from Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, is one of seven Indian PhD students last week awarded the Victoria India Doctoral Scholarship in ...

In the UK the proportion of doctoral students who find academic jobs is greater than the proportion with a definite aspiration to do so – except in the arts and humanities, a major survey of PhD students’ career aspirations have ...

In light of the advent of the new regulatory and quality regime that TEQSA heralds, Campus Review is running a series of articles by members of the Discipline Scholars Network under the banner Being TEQSA Ready. The Discipline Scholars’ Network ...

The tertiary education sector is demanding that New South Wales and Victoria prepare a transparent cost-benefit analysis of equitable travel concessions for international students. The call comes in response to an Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) survey ...

Despite strong demand and new uncapped enrolments, many of Australia’s nursing and midwifery schools have limited their 2012 student intakes due to continuing clinical placement uncertainty. Students returned to campuses around the country last week and universities began to take stock ...

The European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, will visit Australia and New Zealand this week to meet with leaders in government, research and academia, to look at ways to expand and deepen collaboration on research and innovation. ...

The UQ scandal displays the nuanced trade-off between ethics and transparency writes Bill De Maria. The mighty Brisbane River bear hugs the University of Queensland, showcasing the most picturesque campus setting in Australia. The tree-lined drives and the majestic old sandstone buildings ...

The debate over climate change can get uncivilised fast and nowhere is this more evident than online, where the comments on a blog can go from “I disagree with this” to “You are worse than Hitler” in the blink of ...

The digital age will help everyone learn more, everywhere writes Jennifer Bennett. Online and blended learning offer the opportunity to attend university to more people than ever before, while upending notions of what a university actually is.  Two of Australia’s ...

ET from planet Zog has been beamed from his command ship to earth to discuss Australian higher education policy with the minster for tertiary education, Senator Chris Evans. Startled by the presence of a small green figure, Senator Evans offers a cautious greeting. Minister: What ...