Many international student graduates are applying for permanent residency when all they really want is work experience.

A new report on crimes against international students in Australia has failed to impress groups and academics steeped in the realities of the students’ experience here. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report examines incidents of assault and robbery perpetrated ...

For some, reflecting on issues then and now, there was a strong sense of déjà vu – funding problems, research pressures, student/teacher ratios, unsettled governance and uncertainty about the future. Yet, like revisiting the town in which you grew up, ...

When Jennifer Byrne completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 1993, she felt the compulsion to start her postdoctoral life overseas. With an NHMRC C.J. Martin Fellowship under her belt, the molecular biologist headed to France to work ...

We all think that our career patterns are unique and most of us, particularly early on, can see the barriers to success rather than the opportunities. Many people will argue that you will do well if the industry is stable ...

It is unwise for politicians to enter the research policy arena without a firm grasp of history. You can learn that truth the hard way in Senate Estimates. The relationship between parliament and the research sector is not deeply understood, ...

From the vantage point of Australian higher education in 2011, the sector of twenty years ago is another world.  There are points of connection with 1991, as with a parallel universe. But much has altered in higher education, in policy, ...

An international education colleague of mine once told me many years back that he was closely related to the playwright Samuel Beckett. At the time, I didn’t realise how useful being genetically primed to accept absurdity is. Not that my ...

"We have a great TAFE network and many excellent TAFE institutions. But it’s the educators and teachers that make a difference. TAFE’s future depends on its people. You have one of the most important tasks in the country – to ...

Long term reforms need to be less about introducing gadgets and gizmos to engage students, and more about a wholesale reform of the delivery of education and support for research writes Beverley Head. Within just five years it’s more than ...