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UTAS NAMES NEW VC Ethicist, educator and strategic consultant Professor Rufus Black has been appointed vice-chancellor and president at the University of Tasmania. Black is currently master of the University of Melbourne’s Ormond College and deputy chancellor of Victoria University,and ...

The way university research is measured and rewarded needs to change. Helen Razer has called these times an Age of False Enlightenment, in which our leaders regularly make claims to know what they do not know. We might dub it ...

WATTERSTON HEADED FOR MELBOURNE Dr Jim Watterston has been appointed dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. He is currently the director-general of the Queensland Department of Education and Training, and has more than 30 years’ experience in education, ...

A new set of rankings puts the MBAs offered by Melbourne Business School (MBS) and AGSM at UNSW in the global top 50. Global higher education company QS produced its inaugural QS World University Rankings: Global MBA using five factors – ...

QUT picks Sheil for VC Professor Margaret Sheil has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology. Sheil is currently provost, deputy to the vice-chancellor and the chief academic officer at the University of Melbourne, where she ...

How higher education might respond to AI and the case for lifelong learning Higher education has, for decades, been instrumental in developing and adopting new technology and new ways of working. From the beginning, universities cultivated the so-called digital revolution ...

There have been more than 100 reviews of teacher education in Australia since the 1970s.1 Reforming teaching and teacher education appears to have been seen as a ‘policy problem’ by successive Australian governments for a long time. The Commonwealth government’s ...

Australian universities are becoming prime targets for ransomware. Here are seven tips to help you protect your data. Australian universities possess a massive amount of valuable data and information, and they rely heavily on technology for all aspects of their ...

How universities can resolve student retention woes following fee increases. Student acquisition and retention rates are arguably the biggest challenges for Australian universities. While several factors contribute to this, a key concern is the cost of studying in Australia. This ...

Universities are under increasing risk from fraudsters and cybercriminals. Australia’s higher education sector is under some pressure as a result of the government’s Higher Education Reform Package. Disruption of any kind increases risk in any organisation, but when disruption involves ...