Campus Review The latest in higher education news

As the dust settles on the government’s proposed changes to VET-FEE HELP, we should be reminded of the need for proper consultation prior to broad reforms. VET-FEE HELP, Australia’s vocational loans scheme, has always typified my idea of the Aussie ...

What keeps vice-chancellors awake at night? If Dr Julie Rowlands, a Deakin University expert on higher-education governance and author of the book Academic Governance in the Contemporary University, is correct, it’s strategic planning, their institution’s reputation and the budget – ...

The University of Tasmania has received a $2 million boost to an upcoming performing arts centre, with the potential for an extra $3 million to be thrown in the mix. The philanthropic Potter Foundation has pledged the funding for the $90 ...

Introducing a 15 per cent fee for HELP loans is preferable to the federal government choosing to cripple the demand-driven system, the Grattan Institute has said. Andrew Norton, Grattan's higher-education program director, recently completed a report that argues for a ...

Australia’s training system has a long and proud tradition but it will need to adapt to rapid changes to provide what the country and its workers need for the future. We can look back fondly and see an Australian apprenticeship ...

University of Adelaide vice-chancellor professor Warren Bebbington has announced he will retire on April 30, 2017, eight months before his contract is due to expire. Bebbington advised U of A’s Council of his decision yesterday afternoon. He originally intended to see ...

At Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), it’s been a big year for opening and developing new sites to grant ever-expanding access. I grew up in Northamptonshire in the UK. Both my parents had left school when they were young, because of ...

TDA chair steps down After more than 11 years leading TAFE Directors Australia, chief executive Martin Riordan will be stepping down from the organisation’s helm in March 2017. TDA chair Mary Faraone said Riordan had spoken to the board and outlined ...

Creating new words is an unpredictable business. How was Lewis Carroll to know that amongst the brillig, gimble and uffish of “Jabberwocky”, chortle would gain popular acceptance? Did we really need a new term for laughing? Advertising agency McCann thought ...

This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Jon Newton is a Melbourne pastor and an academic at Harvest Bible College, a preparatory school for ...