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The need to increase revenues and minimise costs places substantial stress on university managers at all levels, writes Cynthia Hansen. Universities have their critics. Some claim they house the protected and the privileged. However, most people who have studied or ...

A market approach to international education should be broadened, says Peter Kell. Australian branding as a study destination is considerably tarnished over recent months. These incidents are not new, and are not unique to Australia, but there is considerable frustration ...

What can be done to reinvigorate traditional apprenticeships, asks John Mitchell. With the current downturn in the economy, there is increased public interest in quickly retraining the newly unemployed and a simultaneous reduction in interest in the traditional four-year apprenticeship. ...

Catholic Education to take over two ATCs Catholic Education South Australia has taken over the Australian Technical College-Northern Adelaide, while the ATC in the city’s south is expected to be signed over by the end of the month. The federally ...

Grammy-winning producer heads QUT musices at RMIT RMIT University has appointed Professor David Hayward as the new dean of the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning. An economist and sociologist, Hayward comes to RMIT from Swinburne University, where ...

Orientation week takes on a different feel in Hong Kong, writes Simon Haines. An annual ritual is taking place on our campus just now, as the new academic year approaches. It’s called orientation camp. You can’t miss it; there are ...

Philosophy is popular – very popular – and then reality hits, writes Jeremy Gilling. Philosophy is sexy. It must be given the 400 or so first-year students who cram into lecture theatres at Macquarie University each year. Such popularity is ...

Rethinking how we train the teachers of tomorrow. By Darragh O Keeffe. For some time now, there has been concern about the quality of teacher education courses. Wave after wave of reviews on the subject all end up pointing the ...