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University infrastructure and teaching programs have been canned to pay for flood reconstruction amid doubts the government can find alternative ways of funding their work.By John Ross A higher education infrastructure funding stream will be scrapped, the Australian Learning and ...

Forget brain drain. Welcome to the world of the commuting migrant. One of the central arguments for a better-funded university sector – a continuing "brain drain" of Australian citizens – has been exaggerated, confidential migration projections suggest. The projections, contained ...

While universities stand to lose more than twice as much from cuts to capital funding, it’s the abolition of the ALTC that really has the higher education community up in arms. The higher education community has mounted a rearguard action ...

Infrastructure funds reside in the fiscal equivalent of a floodplain. They can shoot up quickly, but they can get swamped just as easily. Last week’s cuts – to pay for the reconstruction of Queensland’s flood-damaged infrastructure – are the latest ...

The federal government’s efforts to improve international student safety didn’t impress many in the sector, but they appear to have satisfied the Indian government. Indian students in Australia no longer feel concerned about their personal safety, says the country’s External ...

The Tunisian government brought itself undone by over-investing in tertiary education, according to a Wall Street commentator – and there are lessons for the West. The recent popular uprising in Tunisia – and a potential domino effect in other authoritarian ...

Revenue-conscious VCs are justifiably concerned about student arrival numbers. But immigration officials are also concerned about student departure numbers – with equal justification, according to confidential government papers. By John Ross. More than 60 per cent of “temporary” migrants to ...

With gap year changes grabbing the political spotlight, few may have noticed the other income support changes – including an easing of the means test. By John Ross. Olivia Kidman, from Bendigo, has received Youth Allowance (YA) since she turned ...

While the federal government reviews how much money it should allocate for universities’ core mission – teaching – a new OECD report has revived the spectre of third stream funding. By John Ross. Victoria might have progressed further than any ...

Billions of dollars of HELP loans are never repaid. But the scheme was designed with non-recovery in mind, its architect says. By John Ross. Australians owe the federal government over $20 billion in accumulated Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt, ...