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Addressing Campus Review’s recent Futureproof Now conference in Sydney, International Education Association of Australia chief executive Phil Honeywood discussed some home truths the sector must acknowledge. I want to talk about what I’m calling ‘five plus one’ issues that are ...

An ASQA report shows the training of childcare workers isn’t the only thing that’s inadequate. By John Mitchell A controversial report has exposed the poor level of training of childcare workers around Australia, a finding that will cause deep consternation among ...

Universities Australia has called on politicians to end a “legislative impasse” that the peak body argues has left the sector in “funding limbo” without a clear vision for the future. In a speech at the National Press club in Canberra ...

Universities seeking to build their international brand need to be authentic and must deliver their message in diverse ways, a major higher-education forum has been told. Speaking at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit hosted by the University of Melbourne last week, World 100 Reputation ...

Universities must bring management systems into the current century to achieve future growth and long-term success, one of Australia’s most prominent vice-chancellors has said. Speaking at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit at the University of Melbourne this week, the ...

Universities seeking to become more involved with their local communities must make civic engagement part of an ongoing program aimed at mutual benefit, a US-based expert has said. Addressing the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit at the University of Melbourne this ...

Australia must acknowledge it has failed to properly build collaborative partnerships between industry and researchers in order to achieve the kinds of links needed to benefit society, a leading figure has said. Addressing delegates at the Times Higher Education World ...

New scholarships from an Australian university are hoped to foster the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The Australian Catholic University's Mercy Scholarships opened on Thursday, five months after a campaign to save Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan from an ...

Universities must be prepared to take risks, provide greater long-term employment security and back younger researchers if Australia is to successfully nurture the next generation of Nobel Prize winners, a higher education conference has been told. Speaking as part of ...

The Turnbull administration has put the Coalition’s higher education reform agenda on ice. Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced the government would not seek to enact any reforms to the sector until 2017 at the earliest. Speaking on Thursday morning at ...