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Tomorrow’s lawyers will be poorly trained and unable to meet Australia’s economic and social needs if the nation’s law schools aren’t better funded. Australian legal education has for the past two decades been funded on the basis of two flawed ...

Far too few women are considering a potential career path in science, writes Annie May. It has been predicted that this year Australia faces a shortage of 20,000 scientists and engineers, and many other countries across the world are faring ...

Registered nurse education must stay in the university sector – without exception. And any attempts to move it outside will continue to be strongly opposed, the Royal College of Nursing Australia says. Former Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) president and current ...

A new study indicates university nursing curricula need to be more in tune with the evolving health care agenda in Australia. Annie May reports. Nurses are at the heart of government reforms aiming to prevent sickness. But will the next ...

Higher education should be more than just preparation for a job. Annie May reports. It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he does not really need a college. He can learn them from ...

Universities are finding clinical practice can be improved within its walls, writes Annie May. Clinical placements are essential for undergraduate nursing students in developing the required skills to join the workforce. However, with nurses and healthcare facilities experiencing increased demand, ...

An industrial dispute at UNSW is picking up steam as strike action is threatened. The clash between staff and management at UNSW could further intensify this week, with staff considering strike action after both sides refused to budge on their ...

Staff at two universities have been stood down over their refusal to process student exam results. Staff members at the University of NSW and Victoria University who refuse to submit semester one exam marks are being stood down without pay ...

Staff at UNSW are refusing to process exam results in a bid to hurry along enterprise bargaining. The impact of the UNSW results ban will start to be known from this week, with today marking the deadline for submission of ...

A telephone hotline, another taskforce and targeted audits of education providers are among immediate measures the government will take to protect the interests of international students. Under increased pressure to safeguard the welfare of international students – and the lucrative ...