Universities need to better advertise what assistance is available to students who are struggling financially, the National Union of Students says. The union has launched a nationwide survey to determine how much financial pressure students are under in response to ...

Annualised growth in the higher education industry has been revised down to 2.8 per cent from the 3.2 per cent rise expected between 2006-2011. Projected revenue is also down to $22.1 billion from the $27.5 billion forecast last year. The ...

A University of the Sunshine Coast adjunct professor who works to educate business, not-for-profit and government organisations on what the future holds has received a global award. Professor Sohail Inayatullah received one of four 2010 Laurel Awards for all-time best ...

A marketing and business development consultant with strong industry links to China has been appointed director of the University of Western Australia’s Confucius Institute. Associate Professor Philip Kirchlechner has 20 years’ experience in marketing and business development in the iron ...

Professor Robyn McGuiggan has been appointed head of James Cook University’s faculty of law, business and creative arts. Born and raised in Grafton, NSW, McGuiggan has completed a bachelor of science with honours in pharmacology at the University of Sydney ...

A former federal MP for Canberra, Annette Ellis, has been appointed to the University of Canberra Council. She held the former shadow portfolios of ageing and disabilities. Ellis, whose appointment is for a three-year term, will replace John Mackay on ...

Founder of TOWER Software Brand Hoff and creative director of the Centenary of Canberra Robyn Archer are among 34 new adjunct appointments to the University of Canberra. A University of Canberra graduate and former member of the University’s governing council, ...

Macquarie’s chancellor has stepped into its long-running industrial dispute. Macquarie University has urged the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) to call off a strike planned for the beginning of the teaching year, and to focus instead on negotiating a new ...

A highly anticipated assessment of Australian university research has just been delivered. Expect the 41 universities affected to scrutinise it deeply. From chemistry to ecology, oncology to quantum physics, Australian university researchers are performing well above world standard in 19 ...

University infrastructure and teaching programs have been canned to pay for flood reconstruction amid doubts the government can find alternative ways of funding their work.By John Ross A higher education infrastructure funding stream will be scrapped, the Australian Learning and ...