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The cultural and economic loss to the country of women quitting science and engineering careers affects every field from medicine to climate research to astronomy. A summit being held today in Canberra is exploring ways to keep the best female ...

QUT's vice-chancellor has told the English higher education funding council that public universities in the UK and Australia are likely to face more financial pressure and limited capacity to compensate for shortfalls. Universities need to bring their message to the ...

TAFE directors say the 5000 RTOs in VET are a pool of unclassified entities. TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) is pushing for clear differentiation of provider categories under the recently established VET regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). In a ...

Mentor teachers receive little or no professional development for the role, says Melbourne's graduate education submission to the funding review. Practical placements are a vital part of all teacher education degrees, but they are under-funded and often poorly structured, says ...

Thousands sign petition to ask government to maintain medical research funding in May Budget. Within a week of its launch more than 7,500 people had signed an ipetition asking the Federal Government to scrap any plan it had to shave $400 ...

There is an opportunity here, not just to shape the direction of the university as a whole, but to allow Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians to embrace the leadership that Australia needs to take it into the next generations: Professor Shane ...

Government decision has ‘serious implications’ for research, science and industry. The Australian Academy of Science says it is deeply disappointed that the federal government has axed two science education programs. Last week the government confirmed that it would no longer fund ...

A leading businesswomen and a specialist in corporate governance Elizabeth Alexander, is to become the next chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Alexander, a university councillor since 2004 and currently a deputy chancellor will succeed Alex Chernov when he retires ...

Professor Roger Slee has been appointed inaugural director of the Institute of Diversity, Educational Access and Success at Victoria University. He has a long and impressive record of research in education. His research interests over the years have concerned education ...

Dr John Mackay has been installed as chancellor at the University of Canberra. Mackay, a University of Canberra graduate with a distinguished career in commerce and public administration, takes over as chancellor from Professor Ingrid Moses. Mackay said he was ...