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A Senate inquiry is to be held into the country’s 11 industry skills councils. The role, effectiveness, accountability and governance of the 11 industry skills councils will come under the scrutiny of a major government inquiry after the Senate last ...

The process of modernising of the AQF is creating friction among stakeholders and accusations of lack of transparency. The overhaul of the Australian Qualifications Framework has been strongly criticised for its lack of transparency, piecemeal approach to releasing policies and ...

The elder statesman of higher education to hang up his hat. Agent provocateur, defender of the faith, formidable mover and shaker and fearless advocate for quality, one of the biggest characters (in every sense of the word) in Australian higher ...

A national poll has found that 75 per cent of Australians believe that violent attacks on Indian students have damaged our relations with India. Despite diplomatic and legislative action by government, almost three quarters of Australians believe that violent attacks ...

A new feasibility will look at how multiple tertiary education providers may help improve a region’s dire higher education participation record. Collaboration is the new byword in the drive to make higher education more equitable. And now five universities and ...

Could the Asia-Pacific create its own EU-style higher education zone? The rise of higher education in most of the Asia Pacific is unprecedented, but it is unlikely to lead to a unified, regional higher education system - the equivalent of ...

University induction packages are tailored for home-grown academics and fail to address the specific needs of new academics from overseas. Simple advice, such how to open a bank account, get a tax file number, find a school for dependent children ...

Three Australian branch campuses in Malaysia have been awarded self-accrediting status, reflecting a maturing of the country’s higher education sector. Australia’s three universities with fully fledged campuses in Malaysia have all been awarded self-accreditation status by the country’s quality assurance ...

Expectations weren’t high for this year’s higher education and research budgets – and they’ve managed to under-deliver even on that. About the only person in higher education smiling last week was Ian Chubb, vice-chancellor of the Australian National University. In ...

A niche Christian higher education provider understands the importance of quality assurance measures and is endeavouring to put them in place. A college which bills itself as “Australia’s premier Christian college of the arts and ministry” has received a qualified ...