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The newest tool for online professional engagement is creating a buzz among educators, reports Natasha Egan. Professional development for teachers is about to get a whole lot easier, with the launch of a new online games-based tool where teachers from ...

 University of Canberra vice-chancellor Stephen Parker muses on the economic, demographic, technological and intellectual challenges for our higher education sector. To help us evaluate the importance of universities, I want to focus on the Australia of the future, perhaps in ...

Educators say the Square Kilometre Array will boost research here and hopefully increase the number of students studying science. Louis White reports. Astronomers, mathematicians and physicists around the world are jumping for joy at the news that Australia will share ...

Retirees, Dr Fred Flint and Professor Harry Spark, ponder some of the changes that have swept over universities since their retirement in the mid-’70s. (Inspired by Monty Python’s Four Yorkshire Men sketch.) By Richard Hil.   Fred [Taking first gulp from ...

 New Zealand’s struggles with tertiary reform may provide some guidance for its neighbour across the ditch. By Stuart Middleton.  From this side of the Tasman, the weekly soap opera that appears to be TAFE in Australia makes interesting reading. We ...

Publishers of humanities and social science journals could go bankrupt if all academic papers became freely available after six months, a report commissioned by publishers has warned. The report, The Potential Effect of Making Journal Articles Freely Available in Repositories after ...

The National Tertiary Education Union’s campaign to stop massive budget cuts to TAFE institutes in Victoria will continue this week after rallies were held in Geelong on Thursday. “The Baillieu government wants to cut nearly $300 million from Victoria’s 18 ...

The future of the Australian National University’s music school is now being decided, with submissions on plans to cut staff and restructure the degree program closing last Friday. The National Tertiary Education Union has expressed disappointment at the university council’s ...

When Professor Aidan Byrne was a small child he liked taking things apart, which is something small children tend to do. The difference with Byrne was, he knew how to put them back together again.    “I think I picked ...

Charles Darwin University has presented East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao with an honorary doctorate for nation building, in recognition of the role he played in his nation’s fight for independence. “Nation building is an enormous challenge in any set ...