Integrating mathematics into Indigenous cultures and backgrounds is key to quality teaching, a Queensland University of Technology mathematics professor has said. Professor Tom Cooper, who is director of QUT’s YuMi Deadly Centre (YDC), which works to improve mathematics outcomes for Indigenous children, ...

The Australian National University has become the nation’s first to crack the world’s top 20 higher-education institutions as judged by the QS World University Rankings. In the latest ratings, released overnight, ANU climbed six spots on its 2014 result and in ...

here is much to worry about when politicians declare that Victoria is to become the “Education State.” Will this declaration lead to more political distractions, trendy slogans and appeasements to parents instead of making a difference in classrooms?  We have ...

International education fees dominate the income universities receive from students, a new background paper from the Grattan Institute’s Higher Education Program shows. University Fees: what students pay in deregulated markets revealed $4.3 billion of the $6 billion universities receive from ...

Universities Australia has signed an agreement continuing collaboration with its Japanese counterpart. The Memorandum of Understanding between Universities Australia and Japan Association of National Universities builds on consecutive agreements signed since 1992, and aims to tighten university links between the two nations. ...

The University of Southern Queensland has established a $15 million fund to help students cope with university expenses. The USQ Student Endowment Fund (USEF) will pay for university bursaries and scholarships that help students meet costs HECS doesn't cover. USQ ...

Labor has slammed the Abbott Government for the large decline in apprentices since its election in September 2013. New figures from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research show apprentices in training in September 2013 totalled 417,700. This is compared with ...

Regardless of which party takes the next election, the next government will face the challenge of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the higher education sector, a senior departmental official has warned. Speaking as part of a policy debate at the Futureproof ...

One of Australia’s leading vice-chancellors has urged universities to prepare graduates for lifelong learning through more diverse education offerings and a rethinking of traditional study and career timelines. Speaking at the Futureproof Now conference, hosted in Sydney on Wednesday by Campus Review, UTS ...

Universities will be forced to compete with a growing number of smaller niche education services as they seek to keep up with the expectations and desires of students and employers, a key industry conference has been told. Discussing the likely ...