Those who sign up and complete MOOCs are getting a genuine return on their time and effort with new research indicating that almost three quarters report career benefits and nearly two thirds reporting educational benefits. An online survey of about ...
More »Labor unveils $2.5 billion higher-education plan
A Labor government would increase the number of students completing their university studies by 20,000 each year from 2018, as part the party’s new higher education policy worth more than $2.5 billion, education spokesman Kim Carr announced. Carr said that ...
More »Turnbull opens door to concessions on reform amid Cabinet reshuffle
New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has raised the possibility of further concessions by the Coalition in its pursuit of higher education reform. Speaking a day after the announcement of sweeping changes to ministerial oversight of the Department of Education and Training as part of a ...
More »QILT has it all covered
Prospective students will soon be able to compare contrasting higher education courses and institutions on the eagerly anticipated Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) website. Based on thousands of surveys students completed across Australia each year, the government-funded but ...
More »Psychopathic traits detectable in children as young as 3
Psychopathic traits can now be detected in children as young as three with the help of a new diagnostic tool. A team of researchers at the University of New South Wales, led by developmental psychologist Dr Eva Kimonis, has developed tools ...
More »Overseas HECS debtors set to pay up
The federal government may soon begin recouping millions of dollars in unpaid HECS loans following the introduction of legislation that would force many overseas-based Australian graduates to make repayments. Under long debated existing laws, Australians living and working overseas are ...
More »Musical chairs in Canberra, but deregulation still looms
The installation of Malcolm Turnbull as the nation’s latest prime minister is unlikely to change the government’s higher education reform plans, despite the touted movement of Christopher Pyne to the defence portfolio as part of a Cabinet reshuffle. Answering questions ...
More »Latest ANU world ranking an Australian first
The Australian National University has become the nation’s first to crack the world’s top 20 higher-education institutions as judged by the QS World University Rankings. In the latest ratings, released overnight, ANU climbed six spots on its 2014 result and in ...
More »OPINION: Can Victoria truly become the ‘education state’?
here is much to worry about when politicians declare that Victoria is to become the “Education State.” Will this declaration lead to more political distractions, trendy slogans and appeasements to parents instead of making a difference in classrooms? We have ...
More »OPINION: Bleak education jobs outlook needs solutions
Campus Review’s Futureproof Now conference last week focussed upon the ways university education needed to change to fit with the jobs and employment patterns of the near future. University educators were called upon to be innovative and responsive to the ...
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