A major breakthrough by Australian medical researchers offers a brighter future for the vision impaired. A bionic device has been successfully implanted into the eye of a Victorian woman who can now see flashes of light and shapes after being ...

The advanced business degree has been criticised in the past for being too theoretical but recent changes are pleasing the corporate world. For a long time master of business administration (MBA) courses have been criticised for turning out graduates who ...

Mid-level qualifications have suffered in the push for more bachelor graduates but there is still a strong demand. Associate degrees may be able to play an increasing role as a qualification that can provide strong links to work but also ...

The BCA believes the Victorian reform was poorly planned and the recent budget cuts too savage. The objectives of the reform were fundamentally to increase participation in the system and to harness the forces of competition to drive a more ...

The University of Newcastle has defended its procedures to protect the safety of international students following the release of a report revealing Asian and Middle Eastern students are the main targets of physical and verbal abuse. More than 160 incidents ...

The new plan for the university is not about reducing staff, says the vice-chancellor, but about using their resources better. With his sights firmly set on securing the University of Wollongong a place in the world’s top 1 per cent ...

A committee of British MPs has called on the government to exclude overseas students from figures on net migration, warning that current policy risks "undermining a world-class export market". Parliament’s Business, Innovation and Skills committee makes the call in a ...

Scientists in Australia and Italy have joined forces in trying to produce better quality pasta that’s also good for you. University of Adelaide researchers from the ARC centre of excellence in plant cell walls are working with colleagues from the ...

A project led by the University of Canberra to help guide the application of technology interaction at art galleries and museums has won a prestigious $225,000 research grant. The group headed by Byron Keating, Professor in Service Management, has been ...

The US-based Laureate International Universities has announced a delay in the opening of Adelaide’s new university until at least 2014. The university network’s Asia Pacific managing director, Dr Michael Mann, confirmed the delay but said Laureate was still committed to ...