Evidence suggesting texting is damaging to children’s literacy levels is inconclusive say education students Daniel Milne and Niki Preston. The causal relationship between communication technology – primarily text messaging - and declining literacy rates has been the topic of much ...

Despite unambiguous university policies to the contrary, indigenous academic and professional staff continue to experience direct discrimination and racist attitudes. In fact, more than 70 per cent do. That’s the main finding from a recent survey by the National Tertiary Education ...

TAFE Directors Australia wants the federal government’s vocational education and training funding reform to be backed by a national charter for TAFE. The TDA has circulated a discussion paper proposing the charter be part of the framework that will mean states ...

Plans are on track for the establishment of Australia’s first private university since 1989 with the granting of permission by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations for the use of the word “university” in the institution’s company name. The ...

The industry can no longer be criticised for failing to convey its value and relevance. From the Colombo Plan to the Knight review, the story of international education is now documented, illustrated and bound in a 450-page book. Launched by ...

The University of Sydney is not the only institution announcing redundancies and budget cuts. Victoria University, La Trobe, Macquarie and the University of NSW have all announced or are expected to announce cuts. Greens education spokeswoman Senator Lee Rhiannon said the ...

The following is the statement by Dr John Kaye MP to the Parliament of NSW:   In June 2009 University of NSW senior management closed ranks around vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer and dismissed world-leading safety science expert Dr Paul Barach on ...

A learning and teaching leadership project is a step closer to giving the higher education sector the resources it needs for communities of practice (CoPs). Funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), the two-year project has released the results ...

A newcomer joined the list this month by giving an old favourite a final push. The ALTC, the Australian Learning and Teaching Council was replaced by the OLT, (Office of Learning and Teaching) which will be run out of the ...

Wide-scale legislative reform regarding regulation of the not-for-profit sector will have significant implications for higher education entities. Public universities in Australia operate as not-for-profit institutions and are endorsed as charitable institutions, which entitles them to access tax concessions. Many subsidiaries ...