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In a rare show of bipartisanship, the government and the coalition are on the same page when it comes to TEQSA bill - but diverge about what needs to happen next. An amended Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill ...

Another reason for UNE to do the deal with Pearson was the workload faced by staff teaching in two modes. In what is possibly a first for an Australian university the University of New England (UNE) has signed an agreement ...

A program for 25 visiting fellows will include intensive multidisciplinary training in the management and prevention of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. AusAID has contracted the University of Sydney to run an intensive three-month program in the management and prevention ...

Dragging a university into the 21st century is a tough enterprise, Annette Blackwell finds when she talks with UNSW vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer. You know things are running smoothly at a university when the council is invisible, says Fred Hilmer, vice-chancellor ...

Campus Review is delighted to welcome on board Jennifer Bennett our newest reporter. Jennifer Bennett has strong experience both in Australia and internationally. The former deputy chief sub of the Jakarta Post returned to Australia to do a Masters in ...

With a little spin and no mention of public education providers, Chris Evans has outlined a plan to meet the skills challenge to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, writes Annette Blackwell Multi-sector education policy experts have criticised the ...

The new chair of TAFE Directors Australia tells Annette Blackwell TAFEs will continue to play a crucial role in setting the market for training places - a fact it will hammer home to the government. Stephen Conway, managing director of ...

A study suggests the present VET system in Australia will not provide the post-school education growth the government wants. Students and their parents in Australia do not perceive positive labour market outcomes from achieving a VET qualification, findings in a ...

Minister gives go-ahead for expansion of TAFE tuition assurance scheme The TDA scheme has been restricted to TAFE institutes, and is open to the 25 members of the Council of Private Higher Education. Chief executive Martin Riordan said TDA had ...

A report from the NSW auditor-general shows that although leave balances are reducing in universities there is still a big backlog of accumulated long-service leave that could cause problems. Managing excessive annual and long service leave balances compounded by an ...