A number of leading UK universities intend to take up the London government’s challenge to increase their intake of high-achieving students, raising the prospect of expansionist competition under higher education’s new market system. A survey carried out by Times Higher ...

TDA continues to question the power of the new national VET regulator to achieve one of its key mandates — stamping out corrupt and poor-quality education providers. TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) continues to question the power of the new national ...

A bill will be introduced in an upcoming parliamentary session says Singh The Indian government has confirmed it will introduce a bill to parliament to help tackle the problem of corrupt education agents operating within its country. Speculation that India ...

Shoddy agents representing Australian education are the first systemic problem Allan Asher will go after as the new overseas students ombudsman. Australia’s new Overseas Students Ombudsman has begun a series of high-level meetings in the source countries of international students ...

Bradley will oversee the formation of the advisory panel which will guide the development and implementation of the NTC initiative. Professor Denise Bradley has been appointed as chair of the new National Trade Cadetship (NTC) minister’s advisory panel. Minister for ...

Austrade has rolled out Future Unlimited as the next best hope for marketing education to international students. The university sector has a shiny new brand name - Future Unlimited - as Austrade tries to recapture the waning attention of international ...

The overall strategy's lack of depth won it only tepid support from the export education industry when COAG announced it. The promised independent complaints mechanism for international students who study with private education providers in Australia will be officially launched ...

Institutions that abuse the deregulated university system will be quickly reined in. Education Minister Chris Evans says he believes the higher education sector will behave responsibly under the new regulatory system, while reminding it the government reserves the right to ...

Conference hears that a failing with ERA was that the impact on society and the economy of research was not considered Australian Research Council chief Margaret Sheil says she is confident that changes to the ERA program, including how contributions ...

International education is about Australian universities engaging the world, a conference has heard. Universities need to change the way they look at international education, including not treating overseas campuses as cash cows, RMIT vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner has told a conference. ...