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Australian universities are a long way from fully disclosing the connections between their researchers and vested interests, a new study has found. The study shows that although most universities generally require staff to declare potential conflicts of interest (COI), at ...

Music staff at the Australian National University will have to reapply for their jobs after it was announced that the existing bachelor of music course will be radically restructured to make it more relevant to graduates. All 32 positions in ...

 Allowing teachers to be educated in practical wisdom will benefit students and society, writes Neil Hooley.  Much of the debate these days regarding schooling, teaching and learning takes place within a political and economic context that assumes its imperatives can ...

Highly qualified and experienced academics enrich legal education, writes Patrick Keyzer.  In the April 30 edition of Campus Review, Professor Lee Stuesser, who has recently been appointed Foundation Dean at Lakehead University in Canada, wrote an article in which he ...

A five-year, multimillion-dollar research centre dedicated to improving nursing care has been launched at Griffith University. The first dedicated centre for research excellence in nursing was opened by the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, in Brisbane, who praised the quality of the ...

 Universities that wish to retain their digital native students need to bring their exams into the 21st century, writes Michael Cowling. Imagine a lecture theatre with students sitting at every other chair. On the seat next to them, a pile ...

A carbon management course developed in 2010 for the waste management industry has been successfully adapted as a VET program for schools. The Certificate III in Carbon Management was developed by Sandhurst Catholic Education Office (CEO), north of Melbourne, in ...

The University of Melbourne law school has launched Victoria’s first judge-in-residence program, with the former chief justice of the Federal Court, Michael Black QC, taking up the first residency.  Alongside Black, who is a Melbourne law school alumnus, current and ...

The Australian National University has decided not to use mass redundancies to save $40 million, although vice-chancellor Professor Ian Young has said some redundancies may still be necessary in the future.  The National Tertiary Education Union welcomed the decision and ...

Southern Cross University (SCU) has defended its international programs in light of admissions irregularities uncovered at courses in Singapore and Hong Kong.  The university has admitted procedures were not followed at the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (SIPMM), ...