p>University courts high achievers with guaranteed places in many courses. By Antonia Maiolo. Students who achieve an ATAR score of over 90 will be guaranteed a place at the University of Newcastle, under a scheme the NSW institution recently launched. ...

The University of Newcastle has welcomed minister for higher education senator Kim Carr’s announced plans to expand higher education in Gosford. Newcastle vice-chancellor and president professor Caroline McMillen said the university was delighted by Carr’s focus on higher education in ...

Decline in international students led to losses; staff input helps some retain jobs. By Aileen Macalintal Central Queensland University has cut 166 jobs in order to generate about $25 million in budget savings, mostly in response to the downturn in ...

UNSW pushes ATAR requirements much higher as debate over scores continues and their use continues. By Aileen Macalintal Last month, Australia’s top eight universities proposed a minimum Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 60 for entry nationwide. Now one elite institution ...

p>Universities Australia CEO Belinda Robinson said the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s new science strategy would allow government policy to be informed by rigorous, evidence-based research. Robinson said the DAFF Science Strategy 2013-2018, launched on August 13, “represents a ...

p>CISA members take the stage to let international educators know what’s on their minds. By Helen Zimmerman and Phil Honeywood Given normal workload constraints and the daily actions that require our immediate attention, it’s easy in any profession to overlook ...

Report, educators say restoring limits on university placements would unfairly cut access to university. By Antonia Maiolo A new report from The Grattan Institute has found it would be a “policy tragedy” to recap university places. The government is considering ...

Review suggests smaller role for national body and more coordination among all higher education regulators. By Antonia Maiolo A new review has found the higher education sector’s national regulatory body should have its functions reduced, amid concerns universities are being ...

  A stellar army career has provided a fresh approach to adding value to WA’s South West Institute future direction. By Duncan Anderson After accepting the offer of writing something for this publication, I then had to answer this challenging ...

  We have for more than a century used the terms “academic” and “vocational” to distinguish levels of education – and “brightness”. But are those distinctions helpful or necessary? By Stuart Middleton The use of both “academic” and “vocational” as ...