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Universities and healthcare industry battle stereotypes in efforts to recruit men. By Antonia Maiolo. Gender stereotyping is a key deterrent keeping males from choosing to study nursing, researchers say. Edith Cowan University clinical and international nursing co-ordinator Tania Beament says ...

A report on deceptive marketing practices in VET stops short of addressing the key structural problems. By John Mitchell. A recent report on inappropriate marketing practices in the VET sector has opened the proverbial can of worms, but what will ...

Learners today need flexibility for complex moves and shifts throughout their careers; and while the system is far from perfect, students are indeed moving around. By Roger Harris. Where have all the flowers gone in the vision of the Bradley ...

In March 2010, Campus Review observed that the erratic financial reporting practices of public universities was throwing up some bizarre and misleading valuations of library resources. A more recent study shows little improvement since then. By Jeremy Gilling. The 2011 ...

Universities today face a set of rapidly evolving challenges. Here’s how some experts on the sector want to address them. By Louis White. Research grants cut, Australian Government funding falling, up to two-thirds of students no longer attending lectures, rapidly ...

Political parties have competing perspectives on student loan reform. By Dallas Bastian Billions of dollars owed under the income-contingent student loans are not expected to be recovered any time soon. All up, students owed $30 billion under HELP as of ...

Australia’s shrinking investment in science is jeopardising the nation’s future, academy tells Audit Commission. By Dallas Bastian. The nation’s investment in science is moving backwards and will drive researchers overseas. That’s the warning from the Australian Academy of Science’s submission ...

Here are five ways the sector can improve itself, and Australia, in the year ahead. By Stephen Conway. TAFE in Australia needs to be promoted at all opportunities for what it is and what it contributes to the way of ...

A close look at funding schemes here and in the UK reveals the importance of supporting higher degree candidates. By Paul Wellings. One of the recurring higher education policy debates of the past two decades has focused on how much ...

  Vice-chancellor Glover calls for an end to mounting uncertainty about funding. By Dallas Bastian. The University of Western Sydney’s new vice-chancellor has voiced his concerns about the economic environment within the sector. An internationally recognised mathematician, UWS professor Barney ...