The  Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has challenged the legality of the multi-million dollar income generated by the states charging public school fees to some temporary residents including international students. The commission’s CEO, Karen Toohey, said the long-held practice, ...

The Australian Research Council (ARC) had received just one submission until the weekend before its August 1 deadline, when an additional 49 commentaries came in. An ARC spokesperson said the final guidelines would be released to the sector about September ...

University of New England (UNE) vice chancellor Professor Jim Barber says the federal government should forgive its HECS debt to regional university students as it drives the sector towards a free market.  He said the move would result in a ...

Tax breaks and philanthropy are key to the future funding of universities, according to Independent Rob Oakeshott. In an address to a Regional Tertiary Education Conference in Coffs Harbour, Oakeshott told delegates he would push for reforms at the October ...

A recent AUQA report has commended the University of Wollongong for providing an excellent onshore student experience but raised concerns that the structure of its relationship with its Dubai counterpart could pose a “reputational risk”. The audit report also said ...

  The quality of Australia’s pathway programs is their most saleable asset and must be seized on if the dwindling international education sector is to recover. That’s the pitch from the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) in announcing it will ...

  Industry and educators need to find a neutral space in which they can unpack the language around their commitment to upskilling the workforce.  This is a key message from a communique widely circulated to education policy-makers and business and ...

Great changes are coming to the sector, says the new Australian Council of Deans of ICT president, and even non-ICT specialists will have to think about how they will be affected. Capitalising on the opportunities and "grand challenges" created by ...

  In the lull before the emergence of TEQSA, the Group of Eight (Go8) will trial a new check of academic quality in its universities, with a focus on final-year undergraduates.  Senior Go8 academics will verify their peers’ grading in ...

  Tertiary education minister Christopher Evans will travel to India today, the latest in a series of attempts by the Australian government to mend the relationship between the two countries, which soured after a series of attacks on Indian students ...