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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 ...

The Bradley targets might mean universities can no longer privilege the academically competent at point of application but have to embrace selection of the full mix, says Conor King. Glyn Davis’s much reported claim that at a real low-SES rate ...

In difficult economic times, how can private training providers grow their businesses while minimising risk, asks John Mitchell. When the federal government announced recently that some long-standing providers of employment services would not have their contracts renewed, it was a ...

Some observations and reflections on the federal budget from a non-university perspective. By Tim Smith. The relevant paper in the federal budget documents on education ‘Transforming Australia’s Higher Education System’ is something of a misnomer. A more accurate title might ...

Tom Karmel explores the implications of the economic downturn for vocational education and training. It seems only yesterday that the big issue for Australia’s education and training system was how to address skill shortages. How quickly things change. Now the ...

Melbourne college accused of offering grades for cash A Melbourne training college has been accused of being involved in a cash-for-upgrades scam, allegedly taking bribes from foreign students to upgrade their marks. An investigation by The Age has also uncovered ...

New appointments to ANUtitle of distinguished professor on Stuart Cunningham, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) in recognition of his achievements as a researcher and his contribution to humanities nationally and internationally. As ...

The cold winds of recession are gusting over the manicured lawns and through the corridors of privilege, says Toby Miller. As I write these words, I’m sitting in a coffee house at one of our nation’s premier country clubs. Sorry, ...