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University revenue from international students in Australia was up seven per cent in 2011 despite a drop in the number of commencing students. In a survey of Australia’s universities, 37 universities reported international student revenue of $3.892 billion in 2011, ...

 Xenon has been revealed as the supplier of computer systems powering the first node of the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) research cloud. The University of Melbourne was commissioned by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and ...

The Council of International Students Australia (CISA) has opened nominations for an inaugural International Student of the Year award. To be presented at CISA’s annual conference in Brisbane in July, the award will recognise one student’s outstanding academic achievement and ...

There is a general push for all non-academic staff in universities around Australia to be called professional rather than general staff. With the University of Auckland leading the way late last year with the change of status, the Community and ...

Australia’s university bodies have broadly expressed support for the federal budget, saying they believe it supports plans to improve access to higher education. Griffith University vice-chancellor Ian O’Connor, the chair of Innovative Research Universities, said in a statement that he ...

The federal budget has done well to gear Australia’s services sector towards Asia, the industry body says. Australian Services Roundtable president James Bond said education services and tourism in the region had been boosted. “Australia’s third largest export, education and training, ...

Key initiatives • Rise in indexation rate for government grants to universities to 3.8 per cent. The rate for VET is 1.89 per cent. • Cuts to international education scholarships, fellowships and exchanges funding • Higher education funding delivers extra ...

Both the federal Coalition and the Australian Greens have expressed concerns that the higher education sector will be underfunded as a result of last week’s budget. Senator Brett Mason, the opposition shadow minister for universities and research, said he believed ...

International medical students should remain part of Australia’s “self-sufficient” health workforce ambitions, says Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand. Responding to a two-volume report by Health Workforce Australia (HWA), Medical Deans president Professor Justin Beilby said it was evident Australia ...

Tertiary education minister Senator Chris Evans has tried to provide reassurance amid speculation that the federal government’s commitment to the public provision of skills training is faltering. In an interview with Campus Review, Evans said he was concerned that vocational ...