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Deepening human understanding of biodiversity, multi-cellular life and the first galaxies of the universe is heady stuff, and it now has the chance of wider application, thanks to the Australian Laureate Fellowships program.  The Australian Research Council’s 2011 fellowships went ...

Regional universities will not be immune to the new market reality for Australian higher education, which will be driven by student numbers from 2012.  That is the view of Professor Ian Goulter, vice-chancellor at Charles Sturt University, in a warning ...

A long-awaited independent report into crime against international students has found no evidence that the group is victimised more than the general Australian population. Released on Thursday, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report also uncovers no racial motivation in ...

How to best prepare for a radically changing landscape was the topic delegates repeatedly returned to at an inaugural regional tertiary education conference held last week. With an uncapped student market looming, regional TAFEs and universities used the two-day Informa-run conference ...

A national review of higher education’s role in improving the lives of indigenous Australians is expected to kick off soon with a call for formal submissions.  Professor Larissa Behrendt, chair of the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for ...

University of New England (UNE) vice chancellor Professor Jim Barber says the federal government should forgive its HECS debt to regional university students as it drives the sector towards a free market.  He said the move would result in a ...

Tax breaks and philanthropy are key to the future funding of universities, according to Independent Rob Oakeshott. In an address to a Regional Tertiary Education Conference in Coffs Harbour, Oakeshott told delegates he would push for reforms at the October ...

  The quality of Australia’s pathway programs is their most saleable asset and must be seized on if the dwindling international education sector is to recover. That’s the pitch from the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) in announcing it will ...

  In the lull before the emergence of TEQSA, the Group of Eight (Go8) will trial a new check of academic quality in its universities, with a focus on final-year undergraduates.  Senior Go8 academics will verify their peers’ grading in ...

Dr Glenn Withers’ plan to return to the ANU is a recurring step in a long career. Dr Glenn Withers has announced he will return to academia when his term as chief executive of Universities Australia expires at the end ...