Researchers find more men than women support the use of nuclear energy Australians are almost evenly divided on whether nuclear energy is a viable option, Macquarie University researchers have found. A survey shows 28 per cent of respondents support it ...

Draft policy document casts doubt on the use of corporations’ law to register and deregister universities The federal government’s reliance on corporations law to give a national regulator registration powers in higher education may be unconstitutional, Australia’s top-ranking universities say ...

Vice-chancellors would rank HR success as keeping the organisation off front pages and out of court. In an ideal world, one could expect a gathering of HR practitioners to be characterised by equanimity, professionalism and openness to a diversity of ...

The Commonwealth has vowed to assert its regulatory rights over large WA and Victorian VET colleges. The federal government will use its constitutional powers to override any attempts by Western Australia and Victoria to stop it assuming regulatory control of ...

ARC gives $30 million green light to 78 linkage and facilities projects A West Australian scientist and his team will construct a $1.2 million ground station so they can participate in an international space mission in 2013. University of Western ...

Leading education provider honoured for contribution to Australian economy Leading global education provider Navitas has won a national award for outstanding innovation and export achievement in the field of education and training services. The 2010 National Education and Training Export ...

English language education canary in the coalmine as downturn indicator The “blip” that is the downturn in overseas students choosing Australia will only be corrected by a government committed to changing international perceptions, says the chief executive of Australia’s leading ...

Plan to create evidence-based data base to help community Macquarie University in Sydney has established a new India Research Centre to address a 30-year knowledge gap it says is harming Australia’s relationship with the Indian subcontinent. The centre will try ...

A new study indicates university nursing curricula need to be more in tune with the evolving health care agenda in Australia. Annie May reports. Nurses are at the heart of government reforms aiming to prevent sickness. But will the next ...

Australia can’t make the most of what Europe has to offer until its exchange rate goes ***up***, writes John Ross. If you were to express a preferred origin for your overseas students – which, of course, you wouldn’t – it ...