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The UK’s new breed of higher education leaders are heading into a brave new world, writes Christina Slade. A couple of weeks ago, some of 18 budding leaders of higher education in the UK could be found building an igloo ...

Social media is throwing up challenges and opportunities for universities, write Beverly Head. When a pro-rape page established on Facebook by past and present University of Sydney students hit the headlines late last year, it threw into sharp relief the ...

Advancements in dental practice are posing educational challenges. Jeremy Gilling reports. Implant dentistry has transformed dental practice worldwide, says Nikos Mattheos. But the education system has a lot of catching up to do. While implant dentistry has been around for ...

Clinical teaching skills are highly transferable across health disciplines and learning contexts. But sensitivity is needed in delivering the message, writes Jeremy Gilling. When in the late 1990s clinicians in Perth were searching for someone to provide staff development for ...

Living and studying in Australia, PhD student Afroz Shah is angered by accusations of racism leveled by the Indian media. Australia is considered one of the safest places on the planet to live, and more so, a favorite educational destination ...

What are the benefits of mandatory standards and compulsory professional development for teachers, asks John Mitchell. There is always controversy when governments propose compulsory basic standards for teachers, no matter whether it is the higher education or VET sector. This ...

More cuts to university funding and UK government demands more two-year degrees. UK universities have been told to reduce the length of their courses, after the government made more dramatic cuts to higher education spending just before Christmas. Just before ...

Cormann new training shadow Mathias Cormann was appointed Opposition spokesperson for employment participation, apprenticeships and training as part of Tony Abbott’s reshuffle of the Opposition in early December. The 39-year-old Belgian-born lawyer, a former Western Australian Liberal Party vice-president and ...

Differences among the Australian states and territories in school-to-work transition outcomes are dramatic, ranging from well above the OECD average to well below. And the differences found in a recent analysis of OECD and ABS data are considerably greater than ...

The great challenge posed by the government’s draft policy framework for higher education is to construct an architecture in which to resurrect the principle that universities build nations by cultivating fine minds, writes Jennifer Oriel. Just when the press had ...