It is not difficult to figure out why there has been so much attention devoted to teacher education lately. ATARs for entry to teacher education programs nationally vary widely and the quality of entrants into undergraduate teacher education is steadily ...

One of the risks of running an educational institution is keeping compliant with government regulations. Every six months, I hear of another college hit with a non-compliance transgression for failing to check their students’ visa status or some other compliance-related ...

With more Australians getting a degree, it would be a travesty to turn people off with university cuts. National Tertiary Education Union president Jeannie Rea said this in response to the Universities Australia chair’s address to the National Press Club. ...

The Gonski report rests on flaws that could undermine it as the base of Australia’s education policy, says a new study. The study, entitled, What’s wrong with the Gonski Report: funding reform and student achievement, released by the Melbourne Institute ...

One of Australia's leading demographers has told the United Nations that developed countries should give skilled migrants incentives to temporarily return to their home countries. In a keynote address at the 46th session of the UN's Commission on Population and ...

High hopes for an improved VET quality framework remain unfulfilled. By John Mitchell The initial hopes raised by VET policy papers sometimes fade a little after a second reading. This is the case with regard to the position paper recently ...

Science classes at university are on the downward slide but plans are afoot to refresh how the disciplines are taught. By Geoff Hanmer University science subjects in Australia have experienced a long running decline in enrolments relative to other subject ...

There is an almost alchemical mystery to successful fundraising. So what drives this generosity, and how can institutions create the right conditions for it? By Louis White Since the focus of universities is no longer on simple, regular form letters ...

International education is facing many challenges. At the heart of the matter lies a key question: Do we have a crisis of identity? By Phil Honeywood Those of us who work in international education are also unsure of appropriate terminology ...

The University of Wollongong has been lauded for acting to mitigate the effects of a possible $200 funding cut per student. The university launched a community campaign to convince the Labor government to increase public investment.  Senator Lee Rhiannon, spokesperson ...