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Unpaid university debt is costing the government billions of dollars and will continue to increase, according to a research group. The amount of debt unlikely to be repaid is accumulating yearly as more students take out loans under the HELP ...

Professor Sandra Harding, vice-chancellor and president of James Cook University, will take over as Universities Australia’s next chair, after University of Melbourne’s professor Glyn Davis. “Not only has professor Harding exhibited exceptional leadership qualities and knowledge of the sector, her ...

Deakin University has led the new national study showing alcohol is still the driver for most of the harm experienced in the night-time entertainment districts across Australia. Alcohol and drug addiction expert, associate professor Peter Miller, led the study. He ...

Tertiary education minister Chris Bowen has resigned from Julia Gillard’s cabinet in the wake of fallout from Labor’s unsuccessful leadership spill. In a press conference at Parliament House, Bowen said: “This is what I regard is the appropriate and honorable ...

Staff may have to adapt to technological advances in future, while also having deep disciplinary knowledge. By Caroline McMillen The expansion of Australia’s higher education system in the past 50 years has created a sector that has delivered research excellence ...

The great growth in tertiary education is well underway but does everyone need a degree? asks Stuart Middleton It is amazing how messages that meet with approval get around and keep popping up in faraway places. The latest Times Higher ...

Australia’s leading expert on whistleblowing law has welcomed Federal Government “long overdue” whistleblower protection legislation. Professor A J Brown said that the introduction of the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013 took the government closer to its promise of having the ...

But the NTEU says the money doesn’t even cover recent funding cuts. Victorian TAFEs will get $200 million to support innovation and structural reform. Victorian premier Denis Napthine and state minister for higher education Peter Hall announced the additional funding ...

The university network believes there are ways of attracting more students to regional areas. Students who choose to study at regional universities should have access to subsidised accommodation through a HECS loan. Professor David Battersby, chair of the Regional Universities ...

TAFE NSW-Sydney Institute is the inaugural winner of the Australian International Training Provider of the Year award. Director David Riordan shares his insights into globalisation for education. In recent years we have hosted delegations and study tours from China, Korea, ...