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Scientia Professor Ross Buckley is appointed the new Chair in International Finance and Regulation at the University of New South Wales. He will drive research into systemic responses to global financial insecurity. Leading international law firm, King & Wood Mallesons, ...

The University of Adelaide’s first chief engagement officer is Ms Kate Robertson, a highly respected leader in development and alumni relations in higher education in Britain. Currently director of Campaign and Alumni Relations Office at the University of Nottingham, Robertson ...

A leading medical researcher has been appointed dean of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Professor Stephen Smith is currently vice-president (research) at Nanyang Technological University and is the founding dean of the Lee Kong Chian ...

Questions asked during a senate estimates committee have revealed that the announced education cuts were not properly analysed. The Labor government announced that the $2.3 billion cut from the university sector will pay for its share of the Gonski reforms. This ...

  Universities are in a state of change, but it’s now time to put the needs of students first. By S. Bruce Dowton In pondering the future of higher education, one wonders if universities are akin to Einstein’s view of ...

  The VET sector must position itself to meet the global challenge. By David Riordan Last century, much public discourse in Australia was based on the idea that the nation needed to ‘populate or perish’. Could a slight twist mean ...

  Qualification completion rates vary widely by education sectors and industries. So how do we support these students? By Susan Hartigan Many educators measure the success of their offered qualifications by their rate of course completion. Qualification completion is an important ...

  Lecture recordings could yet replace traditional face-to-face learning. By Antonia Maiolo The number of students logging online for lecture recordings is set to rise at University of Melbourne following the Academic Board’s unanimous approval of an ‘opt-out’ policy. The ...

There are less than four weeks remaining to submit nominations for the Second Annual ATEM/ Campus Review Best Practice Awards.  The Best Practice awards were developed by ATEM and Campus Review as a way to recognise the enormous contribution made ...

Colloquial words that come from nowhere can be redeployed and radically redesigned in different times and places. Dinkum is one such, which probably originated in C19 Northern English dialects, though in Australia it's sometimes thought to consist of two Chinese ...