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A book by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better (London: Allen Lane, 2009), has taken readers in the UK and USA by storm. Wilkinson, an economic historian and professor emeritus at the ...

It is timely to ask whether the qualifications for nurses working in advanced positions need reviewing. In Australia there are about 18 universities offering courses leading to nurse practitioner qualifications as standalone courses or in partnerships. Some of these programs ...

The states should not starve TAFEs of funds because they are the biggest providers of skills and education in the VET sector with a successful and proud history, says the federal Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans. “We are ...

Does the University of Queensland have more questions to answer about the situation that has led to changes in its top management? The university, which received $792 million in Australian government financial assistance in 2010, thinks not. UQ cites privacy laws ...

Catholic men are paid 6.7 per cent more than men who reported a Protestant affiliation, according to research published in the journal  Applied Economics Letters. The study was conducted by Southern Cross University senior lecturer Dr Michael Kortt in conjunction ...

The coverage of the NT languages policy in  Education Review  and Campus Review deserves a response in the interests of balance and accuracy. The draft policy and associated guidelines, “Literacy Framework for Students with English as an additional language” can be easily ...

By Darragh O Keeffe Researchers at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia have found that a multi-million dollar Government plan to improve literacy and numeracy has not reached students most in need. The research found that the use of reward payments ...

Some say the education profession should remain conservative in nature, while others are demanding a praxis model that allows the practice to evolve. A number of national trends are impacting on schooling and teacher education in Australia at present. In ...

University autonomy is ranked across 26 European countries in a major new report from the European University Association (EUA).  In addition to an in-depth analysis of the current state of institutional autonomy in Europe, the study includes four scorecards that ...

With budgets being trimmed, administrations may have to look at coaching academics and using automated solutions to reduce pressure on support centres says Kim Mackey. Universities around Australia are all grappling with the same fundamental issue: while government funding remains ...