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The education minister praises government’s streamlining of regulations so far. By Antonia Maiolo. Education minister Christopher Pyne said the government has already taken strong action to reduce the burden of red tape for universities. At a recent Association for Tertiary ...

More students means more pressure on every dollar spent. By Dallas Bastian. Enrolments have surged at universities and TAFEs, according to a recent report, and universities may struggle to deal with the increase. The IBISWorld Report on higher education in ...

Report recommends recouping more HELP loans from overseas students, deceased. By Antonia Maiolo. The federal government should collect unpaid debts from deceased estates and people living overseas to recover money owing under the student loans scheme, a new report suggests. ...

Leaked email exchange shows university leaders believe keeping financial secrets from stakeholders cuts risk, advocate says. By Dallas Bastian. A leaked email between a leading university’s vice-chancellor and chief financial officer has raised concerns over transparency surrounding investment activities, in ...

University, union spar over misconduct allegations. By Dallas Bastian. The University of Technology, Sydney has laid serious misconduct charges against its National Tertiary Education Union branch president. UTS recently suspended its’ NTEU branch president, Simon Wade, based on allegations that ...

The trend towards looking down on mid-level qualifications hurts young people and the economy. By Stuart Middleton. It used to be the practice when starting a career that entry was at the bottom and you learnt the business by working ...

Australia’s bumbling approach to engagement and collaboration conjures up the inept Frank Drebin, only this isn’t a comedy. By JP Viljoen. Taken together, poor policy and inadequate practice constrain the effective use of knowledge in socio-economic development and national innovation. ...

Open Universities touts benefits of internet courses whilst others want more hard evidence. By Antonia Maiolo. The head of Open Universities Australia is making his case for why most students achieve better academic outcomes studying online than in traditional face-to-face ...

An editor, writer and Open Colleges instructor describes the routines, joys – and email barrages – of a typical day. Ann Harth is an Open Colleges trainer in thefaculty of creative industry, teaching subjects for the Australian School of Journalism. ...

Arguments for a continued interventionist approach to higher education in Australia don’t add up.  By Dr Gwilym Croucher. We can imagine the disbelief in the business community if the prime minister pronounced tomorrow that the government “will deliver great reform ...