A handbook on academic leadership with case studies from across the sector is being produced by a team of high-profile academics with the help of a $219,000 grant. The handbook is a capstone project, drawing together lessons from all the ...

A postgraduate qualification still looks like a smart move for students, with a study showing 86 per cent of those with one had a full-time job four months after completing their studies.  While the study’s authors suggested this was at ...

Research into the history of education is in decline at Australian universities, with serious ramifications on the quality of education policy, says the winner of the highest award conferred by the Australian College of Educators.  Dr Brian Croke, director of ...

Just a small improvement in the way that universities manage procurement can lead directly to enormous, recurrent savings that go straight to the bottom line, providing investment for the core operations of research, teaching and learning, a conference has been ...

Early intervention is the catch-cry in mental health, but the reality of putting young people in touch with support services is not always so simple, with a conference this month being told students with mental illnesses require “scaffolding” to support ...

Regional universities will not be immune to the new market reality for Australian higher education, which will be driven by student numbers from 2012.  That is the view of Professor Ian Goulter, vice-chancellor at Charles Sturt University, in a warning ...

Finishing year 12 on its own is no longer enough to get a good start in life, according to new research that says young men require further study or an apprenticeship, while young women get the best outcomes from university. ...

A long-awaited independent report into crime against international students has found no evidence that the group is victimised more than the general Australian population. Released on Thursday, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report also uncovers no racial motivation in ...

The University of Queensland has moved into the top 100 in the most recent Academic World Rankings of Universities list, released today by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Making the top 500 for the first time was Griffith University, which joins 18 ...

Parents in regional areas have stepped up their demands for the federal government to relax rules on the independent youth allowance for students. The Isolated Children's Parents' Association is asking the government to make the payments available to all regional ...