By Jo Schneider (Shanahan) and Dianne van Eck. Universities worldwide are struggling to accomplish more with less, meet compliance requirements, streamline operations and provide stakeholders and students with better access to services and information. Implementing systems to push productivity and ...
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Notes on nursing
Australians are making contributions to research on RNs, ENs and AINs. By Antonia Maiolo. Nurses and midwives use research to provide evidence-based care to enhance health outcomes for individuals, communities and healthcare systems. Evidence-based research can also be used to ...
More »Rough experiment
Innovative Research Universities fear impact of potential funding cuts. By Dallas Bastian. Australian research universities will struggle to keep up with global competitors and expand access to higher education if federal funding is cut, experts warn. Chair of the Innovative ...
More »Two shades of green
Sustainability upgrades are delivering on promised cost savings, too. By Dallas Bastian. Universities are spending millions on building upgrades in a bid to cut carbon emissions and save money. RMIT University’s Sustainable Urban Precincts Project is the largest of its ...
More »Cures for culture shock
Let’s take a look at how Australia prepares incoming and outgoing students for life in a new country. By Phil Honeywood. Global mobility has become a key feature of the current generation of students. Within mobility programs a great deal ...
More »Private options are public’s gain
The system requires greater institutional diversity to remain competitive and serve its students. By Tim Brailsford. The recent federal Budget foreshadows major reform of the Australian higher education sector. If the proposed measures are passed into legislation, more students will ...
More »Reach and re-creation
Regional TAFE institute’s plans for growth and adaptation give energetic new meaning to ‘a little R&R’. By Kerry Penton. My institute has 19 campuses spread across 154,000 square kilometres and I’m passionate about engaging local people to hear firsthand the ...
More »Leaders warn of soaring fees
Conference speakers predict the cost of a degree will rise more than the government projects. By Antonia Maiolo. Graduates will struggle to pay back student loan debts as course fees are expected to balloon above what the government indicated, higher ...
More »$10 million booster for Indigenous health
Philanthropist couple provide gift to help close gap in life expectancy. By Antonia Maiolo. Businessman Greg Poche and his wife, Kay, have given a $10 million gift to the University of Melbourne to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health ...
More »Fretting over fees
VC warns of possible rise in costs for foreign and domestic students. By Dallas Bastian. Universities could look to increase international student fees so they can charge the domestic cohort more as well, one industry leader warns. University of Wollongong ...
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