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A university official has called for regional support to increase public investment for universities. The vice chancellor of the University of Wollongong has asked the people in the Illawarra Region and Southern Sydney to take part in the national “Smartest ...

The National Tertiary Education Union has asked Australian universities not to cut staff after the $900 million ‘efficiency dividend’ cuts. The NTEU has penned an appeal to vice-chancellors at every Australian public university “to consider deferring expenditure in other areas, ...

  South Australia's universities have agreed to disclose the manner in which tertiary entrance scores are used for university admissions, including developing a simplified bonus point system. The South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) Board agreed unanimously to refocus the ...

VET in regional Victoria has been particularly hard-hit by policy changes. By Dr Peter Whitley Regional Australia is the home and workplace for approximately 29 per cent of the Australian population, with people in the bush contributing very positively to ...

Leading researchers need to become research leaders, writes Mark Douglas Changes to the assessment of research are having profound effects on the demands of research leadership. The shift in emphasis from the quantity of publications to the quality of publications ...

Australia’s international standing depends on careful implementation of the Chaney report’s goals. By Helen Zimmerman It is with mixed emotions that those of us who have worked in the international education sector for many years read the International Education Advisory ...

The various components of STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are being unevenly taught in primary schools, leading to a deficit in these necessary skills among school leavers. A report from the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) Lifting ...

The Gillard government’s planned funding boost for schools will be at the expense of universities, with the announcement that it will strip an additional $2.3 billion from the tertiary sector. Wayne Swan and higher education minister Craig Emerson announced over ...

The word self-image is usually understood as someone’s mental construction of themself, which may or may not correspond with their looks and social behaviour.  Compare the newly-coined selfie, which is definitely a physical image of oneself, taken by oneself on ...

Policymakers need to consider how much value TAFEs add to industry. By Dr John Mitchell The director of a TAFE institute said to me recently that the problem with policymakers in Australia is that they focus solely on the cost ...