The change in government in NSW - traditionally the state most resistant to VET market reforms - has unleashed a private-public brawl. The peak private training body has moved fast to cash in on the change of government in NSW, ...

The ACT government has left the door open for what could become the nation’s fifth or even sixth dual-sector university. The ACT government has accepted some of the recommendations of its Tertiary Education Taskforce, which called for Canberra to reinvent ...

The demand for supercomputing power within universities keeps growing writes Beverley Head Commodity graphics processor chips used in games machines and mobile phones are revolutionising high performance processing and making significant inroads into university computing. While there will likely always ...

When BrandMatters began working with CSU in 2009, it was considered a model regional university in the Dawkins mould writes Paul Nelson.ctives, BrandMatters took a careful approach. A successful branding project would have to proceed in bite-sized chunks, that internal ...

The sector wants to see long overdue findings from the largest study of Australian HDR students ever conducted. On the eve of a new plan to address the nation’s urgent research workforce needs, the federal government is yet to publicise ...

A survey of 12,000 Australian PhD students uncovers some surprising findings on workforce aspirations. More than half of all Australian research students want an academic career in this country but are pessimistic about their chances. That’s one of the major ...

A new report shows how Australian universities can open their doors to a greater diversity of students. But the change won't be easy.

UWA and the Spanish National Research Council have agreed to collaborate in four disciplines.

Eighty per cent of the work of TEQSA and the national VET regulator will essentially be the same, says Denise Bradley.

The Go8 has broken ranks with other university groups in suggesting that base funding shouldn't have an equity component. Improved youth allowance arrangements would be more effective than the government’s equity program – the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ...