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Australia has 14 universities in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 List (under 50 years old), released last week, being beaten only by the UK, which has 20. Macquarie University and the University of Wollongong were ranked equal 33rd ...

Twelve Australian researchers and seven organisations were recognised at the prestigious Thomson Reuters Australia Citation and Innovation Awards in Canberra. Australia was ranked among the top 20 nations (17th ) in all fields for the influence of its scientific papers ...

Charles Darwin University has presented East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao with an honorary doctorate for nation building, in recognition of the role he played in his nation’s fight for independence. “Nation building is an enormous challenge in any set ...

When Professor Aidan Byrne was a small child he liked taking things apart, which is something small children tend to do. The difference with Byrne was, he knew how to put them back together again.    “I think I picked ...

The future of the Australian National University’s music school is now being decided, with submissions on plans to cut staff and restructure the degree program closing last Friday. The National Tertiary Education Union has expressed disappointment at the university council’s ...

TAFE staff across Victoria are staging a rolling series of protests against the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300 million from public providers. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called on Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu to reverse the ...

The agricultural sciences, physics, mathematics and chemistry have been identified as “vulnerable” by Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb. Launching his report into the state of the Australian science system last week, he told the National Press Club that while ...

TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) has taken a bold step by launching a national charter for TAFEs as the basis for a framework for the National Partnership Agreement on Skills. The purpose of the charter is to form a framework under ...

Maths and science university subjects could soon lose Commonwealth subsidies as a result of the federal government’s attempts to save an extra $1 billion. The government introduced a bill to Parliament on Wednesday to reinstate the maximum student contribution for ...

Opposition is increasing in Federal Parliament to the government’s reforms to vocational education and training. Louis White reports. The Coalition and the Greens are unimpressed with the Gillard government’s reform agenda to develop a more skilled workforce through the use ...