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Sections of ALP regard universities as no more than glorified skills factories, writes Paul Rodan In the recent Victorian election campaign, the parlous condition of the state’s leading export industry, international education, received virtually no attention from political parties or ...

Data, when it is used wisely, can frame good questions. When it is used poorly, it can rush to judgment, writes Dr John De Courcy. Educators are awash in a sea of data, and it is sometimes hard to pick ...

Leading education provider honoured for contribution to Australian economy Leading global education provider Navitas has won a national award for outstanding innovation and export achievement in the field of education and training services. The 2010 National Education and Training Export ...

English language education canary in the coalmine as downturn indicator The “blip” that is the downturn in overseas students choosing Australia will only be corrected by a government committed to changing international perceptions, says the chief executive of Australia’s leading ...

VC praised for being a dynamic leader in the community James Cook University’s Professor Sandra Harding has signed up to lead the northern Queensland university as its vice-chancellor and president for a further five years. The chancellor of JCU, Lieutenant ...

Dr Mark Hay, AUQA audit director, has been appointed executive director of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education in South Africa. Hay, who has been with AUQA since January 2008, will leave this month ...

Martin Riordan, chief executive of Tafe Directors Australia (TDA) has been re-elected deputy chair of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP). The World Federation AGM and Board meeting was held in November during its federation’s World Congress in ...

The contribution a regional university makes to its community drew Professor Deborah Saltman, to Southern Cross University where she takes up the post Pro Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Sciences). Professor Saltman take over following the retirement of pro-VC Professor Jenny Graham, ...

Professor Abdullah Saeed, Professor Tim McNamara and Associate Professor Anne McLaren are among the twenty-four Australian academics in the humanities who have been elected as Fellows of the prestigious academy, one of the highest honours available for achievement in the ...

The University of Technology, Sydney’s has launched its ithree institute under the leadership of Professor Ian Charles. Former chief scientist of Australia Dr Jim Peacock has become chair of the institute’s scientific advisory board. The institute brings together international researchers ...