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CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: The story of Torrens University - Episode 113 Torrens University Australia is the fastest growing university in Australia, and is considered a leader in the university sector for offering flexible, tailored study that better serves and ...

Australia’s biggest universities are failing to provide 80 per cent of their foreign students with guaranteed housing, despite taking in $9bn a year in tuition fees. Universities have built enough dorm rooms to accommodate only 40,000 students nationally – a ...

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has overhauled the way it rates its scientific research, adding in measures of how it impacts the world beyond the gates of academia. The Pact for Impact, launched late March by the UNSW science faculty, ...

A HECS-HELP petition that urges the education minister to change the way HECS is indexed has gained 200,000 signatures in just 12 days. Started by Kooyong Independent MP Dr Monique Ryan on March 14, the petition now has 240,000 signatures, ...

The University of Melbourne has admitted it breached fair work legislation and has been fined almost $75,000 in the Federal Court after it threatened two casual academic staff members. The Fair Work Ombudsman pursued legal action against the university when ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Where can technology take us and how can we harness it? - Episode 112 Director of education for SEEK Investments Joshua Nester joins Martin Betts in conversation at the March HEDx conference in Melbourne. As an ...

A university technology consultant says posting lecture recordings is not digital transformation, and that digital change in unis may be halting at the leadership level, resulting in unsatisfied students and staff. Ernst and Young (EY) Oceania education leader Alison Cairns ...

Vocational education and training (VET) should be led by "best-practice" TAFEs that act as leaders in meeting critical skills needs, a NSW VET review says. Many professions with skills shortages require a VET qualification gained from TAFE or another registered ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Arizona State shares EDI strategies - Episode 111 At last week's HEDx conference in Melbourne, Michael Crow from Arizona State University shared the equity and inclusion initiatives his university has implemented to increase the number of ...

Education Minister Jason Clare has announced 10 new Regional University Study Hubs across the country that model a "campus-like" atmosphere to engage more regional students in tertiary study. Every regional hub targets a population where residents are almost half as ...