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We ask industry leaders what mattered over the last 12 months and what’s at stake for the sector in the year ahead. Improved graduation outcomes, funding clarity and the upcoming election are top of mind for industry leaders heading into ...

The release of the innovation statement, the government’s first major economic statement since Malcolm Turnbull was appointed prime minister, is a genuine attempt to address the paradox of Australia’s strong research performance and poor track record in translating research outcomes into ...

Fresh data indicating that 1 in 10 teaching students are failing pre-service literacy and numeracy testing has sparked calls for a tightening of university course entry standards. The new tests, being piloted with the view to national implementation as a ...

Melbourne has outshone Sydney and Canberra has held its place above Brisbane in the latest world ranking of best student cities released by university rankings agency QS. Despite recent tragic events in Paris, the French capital retained top spot in the index, ahead of Melbourne, ...

Legislation to protect students from unscrupulous vocational education providers has been given the tick of approval by a government-dominated Senate inquiry. In its report tabled in parliament on Monday, the committee says the former Labor government's VET FEE-HELP scheme was ...

University students would no longer get a 10 per cent discount if they pre-pay their course fees under a new government proposal. A measure abolishing the discount is contained in a bill introduced to Parliament yesterday. Under existing arrangements, as explained by the government's ...

UTS led seven other young local institutions in the latest ranking of the top 50 universities worldwide less than 50 years old, giving Australia the most places of any country in the index. In the list, compiled by rankings agency QS and spearheaded by Asian ...

Recent Senate paper builds up reader expectations of a robust effort to reform VET – but the Coalition’s minority report shoots down those hopes. By John Mitchell A familiar experience: you start reading a new government report on the VET ...

More than a third of medical students post inappropriate material, mainly depicting intoxication, to their social media accounts, according to an Australian survey. The voluntary online survey, held during six months in 2013, was completed by 880 of the 16,993 ...

Young tech-savvy workers are more likely to risk computer security systems than their less impulsive older colleagues, an Adelaide researcher says. A University of Adelaide study into different personality traits and computer behaviours says younger tech-savvy employees are more likely ...