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A report on humanities and social sciences (HASS) in Australian educational institutions, released yesterday, has provided arguably the clearest snapshot yet of challenges facing the sector’s sustainability. Launched at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday by Australian chief scientist ...

As little as 30 minutes of aerobic exercise could be enough to spark positive changes in the brain, leading to improved memory and co-ordination of motor skills, researchers said. A study carried out at the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute ...

Almost a dozen universities have signed up to an agreement with one of the nation's largest teacher unions in a move that will see Educators in NSW and the ACT receive a pay increase for supervising trainee teachers, starting at ...

Even if you don’t believe the proposed reforms will lead to disaster, there is no solid evidence to say one way or the other – and nothing should happen until there is. My starting point in this complex debate is ...

Unprecedented demand, rising competition and previous cuts to the sector have made lifting domestic price controls a necessity for survival; the time to act is now. Only Australia manages its higher education system by tightly tying government funding for a ...

Suspended Murdoch University VC professor Richard Higgott has formally resigned as the WA Crime and Corruption Commission continues its inquiry into his conduct. Higgott was suspended by Murdoch indefinitely on full pay in late September following an investigation by the ...

Today’s overseas students are eager for employment opportunities; Australian institutions must do more to give these consumers what they need. By Phil Honeywood Since the financial crisis of 2007–08, a new type of mobility has become a key feature around ...

The challenge is on to expand opportunity in a region whose global significance is already large and growing rapidly. By Sandra Harding September’s Future of Tropical Economies Conference was an officially aligned forerunner to the G20 meeting of finance ministers ...

Research has found that Australian-born parents are more likely to supply their teenage children with alcohol than immigrant parents, particularly when bottle shops and other licensed premises are common in their local area. A survey of more than 10,000 Victorian students ...

Following the federal minister’s announcement that industry skills council contracts will be tendered anew, the head of one ISC defends his organisation’s approach. By John Mitchell Industry skills councils are a critical component of the national VET architecture, particularly as ...