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The government wants to see universities collaborate to boost low-SES enrolments and a new alliance is one of the first off the block The federal government’s carrot-based approach to improving collaboration between institutions to increase participation of low-SES students resulted ...

The government wants workers to work longer and reskilling and re-education are going to be keys to achieving that goal. The Prime Minister wants us all to work harder and longer – for the sake of the country, of course. ...

Two new reports have contradictory findings on job satisfaction levels for academics. Either Australian academics are among the least satisfied in the world or they have consistently high levels of job satisfaction – much higher than their public sector and ...

Peer review of teaching may be what the government needs if it wants to measure quality of teaching. Peer review of teaching has emerged as a possible measure for teaching quality in the government’s indicator framework for higher education performance ...

With its focus restricted to funding, the federal government, via its discussion paper on regional loadings, has missed a timely opportunity to thoroughly examine higher education in rural and regional areas, according to experts in the field. Furthermore, the discussion ...

CSU's distance education credentials come under fire in its recent AUQA report. Australia's largest provider of distance and flexible learning has been told to pull up its socks in the delivery of online learning, particularly in terms of staff commitment ...

Strong demand could help the government’s participation targets while simultaneously undermining equity targets. Strong demand for places leading to rising TERs, despite an expansion of the number of places on offer, could have the cumulative effect of undermining the government’s ...

Julia Gillard’s graduates of 2025 are currently in pre-school. So what do universities need to bear in mind as they prepare for the next generation? The university graduates of 2025 are wearing Dora the Explorer t-shirts, make Lego houses and ...

The government last week handed out $1.4 billion in funding for research and research training. Forty-one higher education institutions shared a record $1.42 billion in research block grants last week. The amount is $150 million more than in 2009. Melbourne ...

Distance education is enjoying a boom as OUA adds two more partners. The prospect of a demand-driven system, flagged just two years ago, is leading to a flurry of interest in Open Universities Australia from institutions as they endeavour to ...