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The real story behind the prime minister’s opening of a new medical complex in the NT belongs to an intake of Flinders University indigenous students. Creativity and generosity have gone a long way in the Flinders University school of medicine, ...

The ALTC recognises early career achievers for the first time in its final citations for outstanding contributions to student learning In its final list of university staff who have made outstanding contributions to student learning, the Australian Learning and Teaching ...

If it goes ahead, International University of Australia will be the first university built in Australia in nearly 20 years — but not Laureate’s first foray into the market. Dominated by public institutions, the higher education sector needs a jolt, ...

Graduate Careers Australia has released its 25th annual report on the first-year salaries of bachelor degree graduates – and the news is slightly better. Starting salaries for Australian bachelor degree graduates increased only marginally in 2010, yet remained considerably higher ...

A plan to cut 16 science jobs at Monash has led to an industrial dispute with the NTEU. A Monash University plan to scrap up to 16 science jobs is part of a wider research-intensive strategy that will increase academic ...

A survey of women university students has uncovered a disturbing trend in their experience of sexual violence and harassment. Sexual violence and harassment against women students are so widespread they peak above national averages, according to findings in a new ...

TEQSA looms large and AUQA diminishes as the government’s deadline for bringing a new national regulator into being approaches. Federal parliament is expected to revisit proposed TEQSA legislation this week, as the government scrambles to meet its July 1 deadline ...

The first study comparing Australian and New Zealand skilled migration policies gives Kiwis the advantage. New Zealand intends to capitalise on global immigration clampdowns and nab some of the most world’s most attractive skilled migrants for itself, according to a ...

Reluctant private providers are skewing the nation’s VET data and their participation in data collection should be mandated, according to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). NCVER managing director Tom Karmel called for the mandatory provision of data ...

After months of complaints, Kim Carr has axed the controversial ERA journal rankings. Universities have welcomed an unexpected announcement by Research Minister Kim Carr to abolish journal rankings in future rounds of the Excellence in Research for Australia initiative. Carr ...