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Weary of academic whinging about the economics of university life, a leading economist put the subject up for serious discussion last week. It led to a lively gathering. Among the more traditional topics at the Australian Conference of Economists last ...

The Thesis Whisperer is now a year old, has 14 contributors and has racked up just over 100,000 hits. Nowhere is the diversity of the higher education world more evident than on the internet. From vice-chancellors to first-year undergraduates, there ...

The ANU by 2020 plan, currently in draft form, sets out a series of guidelines for the university to take a leading role in research and public policy over the next nine years.  The draft, which has been circulated for ...

Universities clamouring for more funding will find a supporter in Lee Rhiannon, who took her seat in the Senate two weeks ago. New Greens senator and education spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has flagged concerns about the demand-driven funding bill currently before ...

Institutions that abuse the deregulated university system will be quickly reined in. Education Minister Chris Evans says he believes the higher education sector will behave responsibly under the new regulatory system, while reminding it the government reserves the right to ...

Conference hears that a failing with ERA was that the impact on society and the economy of research was not considered Australian Research Council chief Margaret Sheil says she is confident that changes to the ERA program, including how contributions ...

International education is about Australian universities engaging the world, a conference has heard. Universities need to change the way they look at international education, including not treating overseas campuses as cash cows, RMIT vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner has told a conference. ...

UQ's Tim Brailsford talks about the challenges of moving from a public to a private university. Bond University is a “pretty special” place but does present its own challenges, says incoming vice-chancellor professor Tim Brailsford. Brailsford is currently the Frank ...

For about five years after the fire there wasn’t much reason for smart people to want to come to Mount Stromlo but now there will be an international recruitment drive. The Australian National University is about to launch a worldwide ...

Australian universities are realising they have to adopt a US culture of philanthropy, Jennifer Bennett finds. The US tradition of donating to your alma mater has never really taken off in Australia yet more and more of our universities are ...