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New research shows teenagers still enjoy the age-old practice of sitting down and reading a hard-copy book. The preliminary findings of a study from Deakin University and Murdoch University researchers found that three-quarters of 12- to 16-year-olds prefer to read paper ...

What keeps vice-chancellors awake at night? If Dr Julie Rowlands, a Deakin University expert on higher-education governance and author of the book Academic Governance in the Contemporary University, is correct, it’s strategic planning, their institution’s reputation and the budget – ...

The University of Tasmania has received a $2 million boost to an upcoming performing arts centre, with the potential for an extra $3 million to be thrown in the mix. The philanthropic Potter Foundation has pledged the funding for the $90 ...

Introducing a 15 per cent fee for HELP loans is preferable to the federal government choosing to cripple the demand-driven system, the Grattan Institute has said. Andrew Norton, Grattan's higher-education program director, recently completed a report that argues for a ...

University of Adelaide vice-chancellor professor Warren Bebbington has announced he will retire on April 30, 2017, eight months before his contract is due to expire. Bebbington advised U of A’s Council of his decision yesterday afternoon. He originally intended to see ...

VET FEE-HELP rorts have tarnished private providers, but data from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Training has indicated that students from private VET are more likely to get jobs after graduation than those enrolled in a TAFE. The NCVER’s Total VET ...

Listing countries that rank higher than Australia on the Global Innovation Index – it’s a favourite of those pushing the innovation bandwagon. On this list, Australia is placed 19, though there is constant political rhetoric stating that it could, and ...

A survey of 6744 international students has found that 13 per cent are more likely to consider the US as a study destination following the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Furthermore, 45 per cent are still considering the ...

One in five Australians aged 15 to 64, or 3 million people, are enrolled in formal study, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. The same dataset showed that just under three-quarters of this number participated in tertiary education ...

A former political journalist who has spent 11 years advocating for TAFEs will now be completing a PhD on his favourite topic. Martin Riordan will step down as chief executive of TAFE Directors Australia by March next year. He told ...