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Pink batts, local mayors and cash handouts under the federal government’s economic stimulus package had robbed the higher education sector of a much-needed funding boost, according to Opposition education Christopher Pyne. Pyne told last week’s Higher Education Congress in Sydney ...

Professor Iain Hay likes to teach. He’s also very good at it, having collected a Prime Minister’s university teacher of the year award in 2007. He’s now going to help spread the word for those teaching in the arts, humanities ...

Graduates from Group of Eight universities earn no more upon graduation than their peers from lower status institutions, new research has found. The finding goes against assumptions that there are quality differences - and therefore outcomes - between Australian institutions. ...

Batchelor Institute has sought federal and territory assistance to help resolve its worsening financial situation. Chancellor Yvonne Cadet-James told Campus Review that while the institution was not yet in the red, if immediate action was not taken, the situation was ...

A $2 million feasibility study into the creation of a regional national university may simply be a merger dressed up as federal government policy, critics say. The proposed study by Charles Sturt University and Southern Cross University, both located in ...

“Like an Apple Mac and a PC, our university and VET sectors need the right bridging software to connect effectively. The seamlessness of qualifications, fees, income support and regulatory oversight will all have to be re-examined as we look to ...

An independent inquiry into governance at the University of New England has been discontinued before it even began. Last June former chief justice Sir Laurence Street was engaged to conduct the inquiry amid a volatile and vituperative relationship between vice-chancellor ...

With 17 recommendations, five affirmations and only three commendations, private higher education provider Raffles College of Design and Commerce emerged from its recent AUQA review licking a few wounds. The AUQA panel found the college, which delivers courses from certificate ...

Eight Australian universities hold the “dubious honour” of enrolling over 50 per cent of their students from high socioeconomic backgrounds. The University of Canberra tops the list, enrolling 68.2 per cent of its students from high socioeconomic backgrounds and only ...

The University of Canberra is to axe 50 administrative positions and send the jobs offshore to India in a bid to save $8 million over four years. Vice-chancellor Stephen Parker told Campus Review, on 13 February the university council gave ...