IbisWorld found that of the 500 industries in the Australian economy, 79 have medium exports – but only 35 of those are keeping pace with higher education Over the five years to 2010-11 the higher education industry value added is ...

Former US consul general to Perth Dr Kenneth Chern has been appointed Professorial Research Fellow at Murdoch University. Chern will work across the university to support its research into South-East Asian affairs. In particular, he will assist the Asia Research ...

Leading Western Australian neurosurgeon Professor Bryant Stokes has been awarded an honorary doctorate of science from Curtin University, recognising his contribution to the state’s healthcare in the fields of surgical, clinical care and public health policy. He served as the ...

Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras and recently retired Justice of the Supreme Court Robyn Layton have joined an elite group of distinguished lawyers appointed to adjunct professorial positions in UniSA’s School of Law. Pallaras has been South Australian Director ...

Advisor to the Victorian Government on bushfire reconstruction and recovery Christine Nixon was awarded a doctor of laws honoris causa by Macquarie. As former chair of the Victorian Bushfire and Reconstruction and Recovery Authority, Nixon oversaw the largest recovery and ...

An internationally recognised expert in media arts and innovation, Douglas Kahn, has been appointed Professor at the College of Fine Arts’ National Institute for Experimental Arts. He comes to COFA from the University of California (Davis), where he founded a ...

It’s long been mooted that the growth of e-books would sound the death knell of the traditional library as a warehouse of printed books. dio files and offers a platform for reading collaboration, allowing students or teachers to share information ...

Does the end of a four-month search mean a new research focus at the country’s highest ranking university? Annette Blackwell talks with Professor Ian Young The new vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, the country’s leading research university, has signaled ...

Susan Woodward explores the deepening Higher Ed ties between the two countries. One nation pulsates at the centre of the higher education universe, radiating a mammoth learning system that’s home to more than 17 million domestic and 670,000 international students. ...

Two years after an OECD report nailed Australia’s VET system for slow and cumbersome policy development, reform is still desperately needed writes Susan Woodward VET experts said Australia had not taken up many of the recommendations outlined in the 2008 ...