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A university is only as good as its staff and when it comes to mastering new IT, the pressure to keep up has never been greater. By Aileen Macalintal Not only do students and teachers need to be up-to-date with ...

  A stellar army career has provided a fresh approach to adding value to WA’s South West Institute future direction. By Duncan Anderson After accepting the offer of writing something for this publication, I then had to answer this challenging ...

Review suggests smaller role for national body and more coordination among all higher education regulators. By Antonia Maiolo A new review has found the higher education sector’s national regulatory body should have its functions reduced, amid concerns universities are being ...

Report, educators say restoring limits on university placements would unfairly cut access to university. By Antonia Maiolo A new report from The Grattan Institute has found it would be a “policy tragedy” to recap university places. The government is considering ...

  Educational development leader Faraone replaces longtime chief Mackenzie The board of Victoria’s largest TAFE institute has announced Mary Faraone as its new CEO. The Holmesglen Institute board made the appointment following a search that attracted applications from interstate and ...

  University teams up with network of more than 80 institutions and 4 million students. The University of New South Wales has joined Coursera, the network of global educational partners offering free online courses to millions. US-based Coursera provides free ...

  Numeracy is falling far behind literacy as a necessary skill. What’s the answer? A better skilled practitioner workforce is needed. By Tom Karmel We know that mathematics is one of the cornerstones of our civilisation, and those with higher ...

  Etienne Wenger suggested that the issue is not about learning, but about filtering the learning from multiple relationships and the over-choice of possibilities. By Llandis Barratt-Pugh it is always a special moment when you get the chance to meet ...

  To achieve an even stronger collaboration between universities and industry, we need to address those issues holding this coexistence back. By David Lloyd There’s an oft-quoted line from the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke: “What we’ve got here is ...

Party backs chief scientist’s call for more federal spending on education. The Australian Greens have renewed their call for the federal government to restore $2.3 billion in university budget cuts and increase base public funding in light of the chief ...