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The ALTC has had a $2 million funding boost to drive work on academic standards. Academic standards are a hot topic and they got even hotter last week with the news that the Australian Learning and Teaching Council will now ...

There are many good reasons why governments should concentrate public investment in elite universities, writes Michael Gallagher. Today we might define a research university in its ideal type as a community of intelligent people, new and experienced, together searching for ...

Professor Ian Costa-Packet*, vice-chancellor of Wemakealot University, writes an open letter to the union. It is with great sadness, and considerable concern, that I view recent developments at some of Australia’s universities. The recent wave of strikes, orchestrated by the ...

What capabilities are needed by VET leaders, asks John Mitchell. There is a myth in the VET sector that most of its current leaders have been there forever and are likely to stay on indefinitely. Contradicting that view is a ...

UNE appoints new vice-chancellor The University of New England has appointed Professor James Barber as its next vice-chancellor and CEO. Barber is currently deputy vice-chancellor at RMIT. He is director on a number of national bodies, including Open Universities Australia, ...

Universities value to economy in the billions Universities in Britain are worth £59 billion ($107 billion) to the economy, according a report into the economic impact of higher education. This figure, based on data for 2007-08, represents a 25 per ...

Mobile devices and private clouds are among the technologies that will have the greatest impact on education in the coming year, writes Beverley Head. When Microsoft took the final veils off the Windows 7 operating system last month it also ...

Understanding his students helped Raymond Lister understand his teaching. By Linda Belardi. For five years, Dr. Raymond Lister was consistently surprised by the high rate of failure in his first year computer programming course. Between a quarter and half of ...

Griffith, UniSA rank high in alternative MBA list Two Australian business schools – Griffith at 27 and the University of South Australia at 78 – are included in the world top 100 in the biennial 2009-10 ‘Beyond grey pinstripes’ alternative ...