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A consortium of private higher-education and VET bodies has pledged action to eradicate the industry of “poor performers who damage the reputations of the majority of quality providers”. In a communique released this week following a national summit hosted by ...

A university-designed computer game will aim to prevent bullying by enhancing understanding amongst students and teachers of the benefits of altruistic behaviours. The game, Safekeeper, was designed by a team at Deakin University’s school of IT, in conjunction with Creating A Safe ...

Early-career researchers can face a tough and boggy road. Three ECRs discuss the pitfalls and opportunities facing junior academics. By Mark Chou, Jean-Paul Gagnon and Nicholas Osbaldiston Whichever way you look at it, the situation facing early-career academics is dire ...

Collective vigilance is required to safeguard the reliability of published medical research. By Chris Del Mar Our current view about the publishing of scientific results is that it runs along narrow rails. It goes something like this: A study is ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is poised to grant an extension of arrangements that allowing streamlined interview and selection processes for applicants to Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test [GAMSAT] consortium medical schools. Under existing Preference Policy and One Interview Policy authorisations the ...

The Coalition will spend the next three weeks negotiating with cross-bench senators over amendments to its higher-education reforms that would allow the government’s contentious legislation package to pass the upper house. A three-week break in parliamentary sitting follows the release ...

Debate is good for the higher-ed sector but missing the bigger picture is dangerous; institutions must prepare to adapt to inevitable change. By Daniel Musson In 1996, I decided to do my MBA. I was working in a senior role ...

A poll shows many academic staff are at odds with university leaders – and a majority of Australians – over the government’s higher-education reforms as the legislation continues its journey through the Senate. The results of a national survey released yesterday, carried ...

A blood test for the diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease has been developed. The test, made by University of Melbourne researchers, has the potential to improve detections of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease to 91 per cent accuracy. Brain imaging can detect ...

The Coalition Government has given its clearest indication yet that it will drop plans to introduce real interest rates to HECS-HELP loans as it works to pass its higher-education reform bill through the Senate. In its eagerly anticipated report stemming ...