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Hundreds of casual staff at Swinburne University have still not been paid for work they have done this semester, says the National Tertiary Education Union, and there concerns that the problem will occur again next semester. Charlie Saunders, an NTEU ...

A suggestion that capping the number of international students in Australia could improve educational quality is not winning support among related peak bodies. The International Education Association of Australia (IEAA), Universities Australia, TAFE Directors Australia, the Australian Council for Private ...

Dual-sector University of Ballarat will terminate up to 60 TAFE courses and a large number of staff in the wake of the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300 million from public providers. The university says it is the latest ...

Higher education emerged unscathed from Tuesday’s federal budget but it wasn’t so reassuring for vocational education and training. The budget was more of a mixed bag for VET, said TAFE Directors Australia (TDA). The organisation said national skills had been ...

The recent wave of grassroots movements and public rallies against political and economic establishments in Australia and around the world shows the increasing opposition between democracy and capitalism, a visiting philosopher to the University of Western Sydney says. Professor Stathis ...

University revenue from international students in Australia was up seven per cent in 2011 despite a drop in the number of commencing students. In a survey of Australia’s universities, 37 universities reported international student revenue of $3.892 billion in 2011, ...

 Xenon has been revealed as the supplier of computer systems powering the first node of the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) research cloud. The University of Melbourne was commissioned by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and ...

The Council of International Students Australia (CISA) has opened nominations for an inaugural International Student of the Year award. To be presented at CISA’s annual conference in Brisbane in July, the award will recognise one student’s outstanding academic achievement and ...

There is a general push for all non-academic staff in universities around Australia to be called professional rather than general staff. With the University of Auckland leading the way late last year with the change of status, the Community and ...

Australia’s university bodies have broadly expressed support for the federal budget, saying they believe it supports plans to improve access to higher education. Griffith University vice-chancellor Ian O’Connor, the chair of Innovative Research Universities, said in a statement that he ...