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New figures show that 2017 was indeed the year of the international student, with a record number of people seeking out Australia as their place of study. In a statement today, minister for education and training Simon Birmingham said the ...

The University of Sydney yesterday welcomed support from the NSW government for its proposal to create a Sydney Quantum Academy. University of Sydney vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence said the initiative would be in partnership with Macquarie University, the University of NSW and ...

A new best-practice recruitment guide released by the Universities Australia Executive Women's Group will help advance women in university leadership positions. Universities Australia chief executive Belinda Robinson extended her congratulations to the group, and said the guide would go a ...

The recent university funding debate belies a deeper issue affecting the sector: What is the point of a university degree? For government, it’s treated as a gateway to employment; for some academics, the goal is to identify and develop the ...

A state-of-the-art facility for the teachers of the future has opened its doors at the University of South Australia's Magill campus. The $4 million Samsung SMARTSchool was built to be a "technologically advanced" teacher-training facility with a focus on innovation, problem ...

The following is an extract from education minister Simon Birmingham's address at the 2018 Universities Australia Higher Education Conference, attended by Campus Review. The elephant in the room First and foremost, I figured today, ladies and gentlemen, we might as ...

As the country participates in Hearing Awareness Week (February 25-March 3), Western Sydney University researchers are drawing attention to a public health concern they say often falls on deaf ears. School of Medicine Professor Jennifer Reath said the week was ...

How can universities give value to students as partners, rather than as consumers? This question formed one of the major themes of the 2018 Higher Education Conference, and not just in speaker content – it was also reflected in the ...

In an Australian first, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released an interactive timeline of Australia's VET policies, programs and initiatives over the past two decades. The 20-year-snapshot of the nation's vocational training history was developed to ...

ICT 4 Women will launch a list of the most highly regarded female tech speakers, in an effort to encourage girls into the traditionally male dominated industry. With fewer than three per cent of school girls likely to consider a career ...