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At the start of 2014 the international education sector had high hopes for positive policy reform. One year down the track, it’s good to report that our issues have gained the ear of government decision-makers. The jury is still out, ...

Plagiarism is crystal meth to academia; and with fraud once again in the national headlines, it’s timely to take a look at its real causes, and the role academics can play in limiting it.  The doctor changed my medication. I ...

The number of parents threatening principals with violence and abuse is on the rise, an Australia-wide survey has revealed. The Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey Report, produced by the Australian Catholic University and the Teachers Health Fund, revealed the percentage of ...

University environments today are increasingly designed to allow students to inhabit them in their own special ways.   We might often think of universities as large, prestigious institutions steeped in tradition – menacing monolithic sandstone architecture projecting the authority they ...

Three academics recently listed amongst the nation’s most influential women give their perspectives on how the gender gap still affects the higher education sector.  Most Australians would probably not be overly familiar with former Irish president Mary Robinson. Born Mary ...

The education minister, Christopher Pyne, has pledged to introduce a revised version of his government’s higher-education deregulation reforms to parliament after the Senate recently voted to reject the package announced as part of May’s federal Budget. Despite further amendments – including the ...

The Vocation Ltd share price’s fall will mean some tough questions for governments from powerful stakeholders concerned about regulation and standards. By John Mitchell A trigger for the recent dive in the share price of Vocation Ltd was the realisation ...

University of Canberra VC professor Stephen Parker has launched a scathing attack against Universities Australia, his fellow university chiefs and the government itself as the Coalition’s controversial higher-education reforms face a fascinating week in the Senate. In an incendiary speech ...

A UNSW ecologist and a group of Sydney schoolgirls have identified a novel approach to preventing the nation’s Christmas trees from browning off this year: hairspray. The project, undertaken by Year 7 students at Kambala and overseen by UNSW staff, analysed the ...

Two university leaders in science and innovation discuss the role of proposed growth centres in promoting better connections between science and industry. By Andrew Bracey The federal government recently unveiled promises of a greater focus on links between research and ...