The income support review could sidestep the endless argument over regional students’ eligibility for independent youth allowance. Regional students could be offered new Commonwealth loans to help them meet their living costs, with the repayments rolled into their HECS debts, ...

Employers like dealing with universities but not their graduates, according to a new employer survey. Universities are more satisfactory providers than TAFEs and particularly private VET colleges, with a survey of 669 employers rating universities as best and private colleges ...

A WA town has found a way to get regional students to start university courses, and almost all of them to finish. Just bring the universities to town. A unique community organisation in Western Australia’s Mid West region, which brings ...

The government must fund universities to meet the standards demanded by TEQSA – and an independent body to ensure the funding is adequate – according to UniMelb’s submission to the base funding review. The federal government should establish an independent ...

Not everyone agrees with John Armstrong’s opinion that knowledge can be shaped in the marketplace writes Annabel McGilvray The humanities must wake from their own dogmatic slumbers and look to the marketplace of ideas in order to save their subsidised ...

Ralph Clark, a prominent figure in higher education who died on March 19 will be remembered for his contribution across education sectors and particularly for his enduring contribution to Aboriginal education. He was born in Germany on the on July ...

Government decision has ‘serious implications’ for research, science and industry. The Australian Academy of Science says it is deeply disappointed that the federal government has axed two science education programs. Last week the government confirmed that it would no longer fund ...

A leading businesswomen and a specialist in corporate governance Elizabeth Alexander, is to become the next chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Alexander, a university councillor since 2004 and currently a deputy chancellor will succeed Alex Chernov when he retires ...

Professor Roger Slee has been appointed inaugural director of the Institute of Diversity, Educational Access and Success at Victoria University. He has a long and impressive record of research in education. His research interests over the years have concerned education ...

Dr John Mackay has been installed as chancellor at the University of Canberra. Mackay, a University of Canberra graduate with a distinguished career in commerce and public administration, takes over as chancellor from Professor Ingrid Moses. Mackay said he was ...