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Overwhelmed by the sheer number of undergraduates fresh from high school, mature age students tend to exist in the background of Australian universities. But that is changing. What began as loose meetings among a few older students at Edith Cowan University ...

The distance between Perth and Toowoomba is vast but the economies of the two cities are not dissimilar, says Professor Jan Thomas. Thomas has just moved across the country, forsaking her job as deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Notre ...

The outgoing chief executive of Universities Australia is appealing for a national policy that would help boost enrolments of mature-age students. Dr Glenn Withers says a participation target should be implemented for 35 to 65 year olds in much the same ...

Tomorrow’s academic teachers think there aren’t enough jobs for them in Australia, despite an expected workforce shortfall that has been well discussed and documented publicly. That is one of the surprising findings in a new paper by the Australian Council for ...

Tweaks to the nation’s higher education contribution scheme (HECS) could improve student outcomes, researchers say. Extending HECS to cover living costs and offering the scheme to international students is the subject of new research at the Australian National University. HECS ...

Two of higher education’s peak representative bodies, Universities Australia and the Group of Eight, are entering 2012 under new leadership and with a new focus on co-operation. UA chief executive Dr Glenn Withers, who has held the job since the ...

Universities must remain vigilant or risk losing the momentum gained by a slew of new policies impacting higher education, says outgoing Universities Australia (UA) chief executive Dr Glenn Withers. In an interview with Campus Review, Withers predicted universities could return to ...

The “fragile” success story of one Aboriginal woman has inspired new research at Flinders University. Until recently, the story of Rachael Willika’s life was unremarkable. A Jawoyn Aboriginal woman from the remote township of Manyallaluk in the Northern Territory, Willika ...

The incidence and severity of mental illness amongst international students in Australia are growing, according to a new case study to be presented this week. The study, which focuses on Chinese students due to their high numbers here, has found ...

A Malaysian couple obtaining PhDs from Monash University has struggled to obtain maternity care in Australia.  It was only after traipsing to a sixth public hospital in Melbourne that international students Shamsul Mohideen and his wife, Azleena Mohamad, were finally ...