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Getting school children to imagine what they think the universe – or a molecule – looks like makes for a better learning experience, Deakin researchers have found.

Blogging is a two-way process for academic Steven Wheeler, one he says enables him to engage with readers and students far more quickly than via traditional journals.

Pushed by schools and squeezed by universities, TAFEs have to keep demonstrating their relationship to workforces in a changing VET environment

Many international student graduates are applying for permanent residency when all they really want is work experience.

A Liberal senator’s motion for an inquiry into university funding was rejected because it was premature and lacked scope, according to Greens Senator and Higher Education spokesperson Lee Rhiannon. Opposition education spokesman Senator Brett Mason last week moved that the ...

The Academic Ranking of World Universities, produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, bumped some Australian universities up a few places and dropped others (see Campus Review Online August 15 ). Last week the Good Universities Guide, the annual directory of Australian ...

It only takes a few seconds of conversation with Associate Professor Roy Tasker to see the enthusiasm that has won him the Australian University Teacher of the Year Award. Tasker, a chemistry professor at the University of Western Sydney, was ...

Those attending the Opera House awards ceremony loudly cheered outgoing ALTC CEO Dr Carol Nicoll and teacher-of-the-year winner Associate Professor Roy Tasker (pictured), his predecessor Dr John Minns from the ANU, as well as for the dozens who received teaching and ...

"Do you have a disability?" This is one of the first things a student is asked at enrolment. Tick yes and a world of help opens, from special consideration and exam aids to assistance with building access.  But students with ...

A postgraduate qualification still looks like a smart move for students, with a study showing 86 per cent of those with one had a full-time job four months after completing their studies.  While the study’s authors suggested this was at ...