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With journal rankings now removed from ERA, the ARC has to sell what’s next. Responding to their unpopularity and misuse, the Australian Research Council has removed journal rankings from future national assessments of university research. But turning to journals as ...

Much like the new national arrangements, Queensland is encouraging industry to take the lead in meeting skills shortages. The Queensland government has pledged $50 million to entice industry to take the lead in addressing critical skills shortages in the state. ...

The three-year-old L.H. Martin Institute is going strong but will face some competition on pricing in the not-too-distant future, says a hired consultant. The L.H. Martin Institute has developed a good reputation within the tertiary education sector but its offerings ...

A central Queensland merger of VET and higher education is expected to happen soon. An anticipated merger of Central Queensland University and Central Queensland Institute of TAFE will lift the nation’s dual-sector institutions to six and be a first for ...

The Gillard government has “glossed over” the latest figures on Australia’s international education earnings in an upbeat media release that fails to acknowledge a serious decline, says the International Education Association of Australia. Data released by the Department of Education, ...

Universities and governments are rejecting an analysis of investment outcomes for regional Australia, but that’s to be expected, says the Grattan Institute. The authors of a controversial report on the futility of spending billions of taxpayer dollars to boost regional ...

We do not confuse quality with elitism, Swinburne’s new vice-chancellor tells Susan Woodward Professor Linda Kristjanson is more than aware of the challenges facing the Australian higher education sphere. There are domestic and international student cohorts to balance, future plans ...

Victorian universities saw their surplus fall 5.6 per cent in 2010 but the state’s tertiary education sector is still in good shape. Cash flow among Victorian universities dropped 5.6 per cent in 2010, despite increased revenues from student fees and ...

A new online database that links everyone from global businesses to the general public directly to Go8 researchers is an Australian first. The Group of Eight (Go8) last week launched an online searchable database that identifies and links directly to ...

The sector has welcomed UK higher education consultant Alison Johns and hopes she can help maintain the learning and teaching momentum inspired by the ALTC Student learning will be front and centre for UK higher education executive Alison Johns as ...