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In a speech in Virginia on October 19, Barack Obama riffed on the term Romnesia to accuse his Republican opponent of forgetfulness over previous policy statements. He wasn’t the first to use the word. The American news organisation motherjones.com carried ...

Around seven out of ten students fail to complete their VET courses, but should we be worried? Completion rates have been a key indicator in the VET sector, but more honoured in theory than practice because their calculation is problematic. ...

Universities must adapt to an ever-changing education landscape, but their basic appeal – good teaching in a rich environment – will remain. As the recent Ernst & Young report University of the Future has reminded us, all organisations are subject ...

With India alone forecast to need an extra 2400 universities over the next 25 years, the demand for e-learning must cause a rapid expansion of services. Changes in technology, including 3D lecturers beamed live into student homes via holographic know-how, ...

Australia is a world leader in considering access and quality issues in widening access to higher education Last month, the OECD hosted the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) General Conference, titled Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education. The conference ...

The rise in applications for tertiary study in 2013 is due to the removal of caps on universities and New South Wales increasing the school leaving age to 17, according to the Universities Admission Centre (UAC). At the halfway point ...

TAFE NSW’s new managing director, Pam Christie, discusses the impact of the NSW government’s Smart and Skilled reforms. What is the significance of the government’s decision to create the role of TAFE managing director? This is an important milestone as ...

Catherine O’Sullivan has been appointed to Bond University’s newly created role of pro vice-chancellor pathways and partnerships, to expand the university’s engagement with community and industry groups across Australia. O’Sullivan brings to the role 30 years’ experience in senior management ...

The use of ecstasy and synthetic drugs is rising among recreational drug users, a new national survey has found. The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales examined trends in drug use among ...

Researchers from Flinders University, in partnership with collaborators in Melbourne, believe they have developed a new drug that may stop or even reverse the progression of some eye disease. Led by Professor Keryn Williams of Flinders University’s ophthalmology, eye and ...