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If everyone buys a simulacrum of the education revolution, why should government bother to fund the real thing? By Simon Marginson. The dust has settled and the cheering has stopped. Once again Canberra has packaged a tertiary education budget with ...

The most likely explanation for the exclusion of private providers and VET from the government’s demand driven system is more fiscal than philosophical, writes Andrew Norton. The 12 May budget confirmed that, contrary to the Bradley report’s recommendation, the government ...

The federal government’s Productivity Places Program (PPP) is geared towards funding an astronomical 711,000 training places over the next four years. But if you’ve been thinking this means 711,000 people, you’re sadly mistaken. According to the ‘National Partnership Agreement on ...

Queensland’s universities have agreed in principle to take a collaborative approach to attracting disadvantaged students to higher education, arguing that competitive marketing strategies target those who have already decided to go. Representatives from all eight public universities were party to ...

Six fake Australian medical journals produced by academic publishing giant Elsevier have undermined confidence in commercial publishers. Gavin Moodie, principal policy adviser at Griffith University and an expert on academic integrity, described the scandal as a “timely warning” to universities ...

One of the welcome surprises of the federal budget was its acceptance of all of the Bradley report’s student income support recommendations, and with only limited modifications. The Bradley recommendations had been widely praised, and income support had been considered ...

Victorian Police are to send a delegation to India to advise Melbourne-bound students on safety and security issues, after a spate of robberies and assaults. However, the superintendent in charge of Melbourne’s western suburbs where most of the attacks have ...

A little over a year ago, Australia’s higher education community could have been excused for greeting the latest higher education review with scepticism. With a history of reviews leading to little significant reform, the sector mightn’t have been thrilled by ...

The University of NSW has strongly denied reports that it threatened staff with sackings if they proceeded with their wage rise campaign. In an email to university staff last week, acting vice-chancellor Professor Richard Henry said a Sydney Morning Herald ...

The government’s budget response stands universities in good stead to adapt to a changing world, says Peter Coaldrake. Human ingenuity has enabled us to populate almost every possible part of the globe. It has delivered unprecedented growth in prosperity, lifespan ...