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A move to postgraduate law degrees has opened up a battleground over fees. By John Ross. The juris doctor (JD) – a US-style masters-level law degree – has come in for some flak over naming rights, with critics claiming it ...

The Melbourne model can take some of the credit for a steep increase in the number of undergraduate places on offer to disadvantaged students, according to the university’s acting boss. The University of Melbourne has almost doubled its offers of ...

Universities could lose more than half their overseas student recruits, according to a confidential immigration department briefing. Universities – which have so far escaped the worst of the downturn in international education – could see their overseas student intakes more ...

Yet another Youth Allowance shake-up is on the cards, with a crucial government ally changing his mind. Independent senator Nick Xenophon has signalled he could vote for yet another change to Youth Allowance arrangements, in a move that could mean ...

TAFE industrial relations arrangements need to be overhauled, says the Productivity Commission. State and territory governments should give their TAFEs greater managerial independence and reject jurisdiction-wide industrial agreements for their TAFE employees, says a draft Productivity Commission report into the ...

‘Regional’ issues took on a distinctly political flavour in DEEWR’s brief to its new master. The federal education department’s initial advice on regional issues, delivered within days of the swearing in of Julia Gillard’s new cabinet, focused exclusively on electorates ...

These days, everybody wants to learn Mandarin – and the other China, Taiwan, says it’s the best place for an authentic Chinese learning experience. Taiwan is the latest Asian tiger to stake its claim as a higher education hub, with ...

Leaking is all the rage. But is it art or artifice, wonders John Ross. It’s been a wet summer, for the media as well as everyone else. On top of a deluge of flood stories, reporters tapped into a steady ...

Victoria is arguably the innovator when it comes to tertiary education. But this just adds to the workload when government changes hands. Victoria’s new Coalition government has made a start on its tertiary education agenda, with higher education and skills ...

The Commonwealth has vowed to assert its regulatory rights over large WA and Victorian VET colleges. The federal government will use its constitutional powers to override any attempts by Western Australia and Victoria to stop it assuming regulatory control of ...