Students still divided on compulsory union fees as Govt bill stalls writes Susan Woodward The National Union of Students (NUS) is pessimistic about the fate of a controversial $250 student fee, saying it’s unlikely the new parliament will make the ...

Collaboration between schools and a university is leading to better teacher training. Darragh O Keeffe reports. A new university mentoring program is providing student teachers with a more realistic school-based experience, enabling them to develop peer relationships with teachers. The ...

Authors forecast growing numbers and tight budgets will create university 'tiers' writes John Morgan This is one of the forecasts made in a new book, Globalisation and Internationalization in Higher Education, edited by Felix Maringe, senior lecturer in education at the ...

Australian location for management school’s third international campus A leading Indian business school has announced it will spend $45 million setting up a residential campus in western Sydney for its international students. The SP Jain Center of Management will open the campus, ...

A massive Spanish infrastructure company is preparing to move its research and development efforts offshore for the first time – to Adelaide – as part of a 2009 deal to build the city’s desalination plant.i>. “I don’t know whether this ...

University departments are grooming research outputs to boost ERA Some schools and departments in Australia’s most prestigious universities are quietly adjusting the focus of their research in order to be better placed in the Excellence for Research in Australia ratings ...

Macquarie and University of New South Wales are taking a stance on fixed-term contracts New South Wales and Macquarie are now the only universities in Australia defying a union push to limit the use of fixed-term contracts for general and ...

Whether you are a resident or visitor to the web counts in e-learning research There is a gulf growing between the expectations and activities of students within the social web, and the expectations and practices of university staff within the ...

Thinking differently about molecules wins Australian researcher international video award It may not lead to a career in Hollywood, but a film by an Australian student has won international acclaim and will see him stroll the red carpet in New ...

More than 1000 delegates expected at Australian Internation Education conference Simon Anholt, a policy adviser to governments on national identity and reputation will be the keynote speaker at this year’s international education conference in Sydney. Delegates will be hoping Anholt ...