A refusal often offends. But the immigration department’s taking strides to make sure it’s as inoffensive as possible. Visa and citizenship applicants might be unhappy with how long the process takes and the result they get at the end of ...

TAFE struggles for a place in policy wish-lists. And intellectual snobbery – even among the true believers – could be part of the problem. Labor MPs were crazy about credit unions in decades gone by, former Prime Minister Paul Keating ...

Professor Richard James has been appointed pro vice-chancellor (participation and engagement) at the University of Melbourne. Active in higher education research across a range of policy areas, his work on access and equity has been particularly influential. Recently he has ...

Dr Christine Bennett has been appointed chairman of Research Australia. Chief medical officer and director health care leadership with Bupa Australia, Bennett has been associated with Research Australia over many years. Firstly as CEO between 2003 and 2006, as a ...

Steve McDonald has been named the new CEO of SkillsDMC. He has a vast knowledge of the VET System and is the current general manager of an Australian Apprenticeship Centre, and has held the past positions of director, general manager, ...

One of Australia’s leading economists, Professor Henry Ergas, has been appointed as the inaugural professor of infrastructure economics at the SMART Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong. He will focus on the economic, regulatory and public policy research program. ...

CQUniversity researcher Heather Nancarrow has a new role as chair of a newly-established Domestic and Family Violence Strategy Implementation Advisory Group. Nancarrow is director of the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR), based at Mackay Campus. In ...

Professor Janet Hiller has been appointed associate dean of research for health sciences at the Australian Catholic University. She is currently professor of public health, director of the Adelaide Health Technology Assessment and deputy head of the School of Population ...

Australian universities are early pioneers of technology that provides streamlined information to students and staff on the move. Beverley Head reports. Any doubts that the world is mobile-mad are easily dispelled by a simple review of the statistics. There are ...

The Coalition’s spending cut plans didn’t please the VET sector. The good news for the sector is that the Coalition overestimated its cuts. The Coalition has overstated its VET-related savings by over $600 million, by twice claiming savings from the ...