How developed are your guidelines? That could be the key question for some key higher education programs if the Coalition forms government. The Coalition may be able to dismantle compacts and performance funding, but it will have more trouble starving ...

TAFE figures have questioned private colleges’ claim that they’re now the biggest kid on the block. Private tertiary institutions have outgrown their public sector counterparts, according to their peak body, which claims new research shows that private providers now enrol ...

Universities could cop $7 billion in “collateral damage” from policy measures targeted at other international education sectors, according to the ATN. Student visa restrictions have been given top billing in the list of problems facing international education, amidst the latest ...

UC will this week outline the next plank in its omniversity plan. The latest moves in the University of Canberra’s plans to establish a polytechnic, as part of its cradle-to-grave education system, are due to be unveiled at a staff ...

The new skilled migration changes were telegraphed way in advance, and students and institutions need to adjust to them, says an international education expert. Employers now determine whether international students qualify for permanent residency. And that’s a completely different ball ...

UNSW claims the biggest university taster program for indigenous school students. And it says it’s no accident that it now has more indigenous medical students than ever. The University of NSW, which this year experienced its biggest ever intake of ...

After 10 years, the NTEU has finally assumed representation rights for general university staff in WA. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has resolved a decade-long demarcation dispute in Western Australia, with the Civil Service Association (CSA) withdrawing from active ...

Everyone knows private VET is big in international education. But it also has a much greater domestic reach than previously understood, says ACPET. The private college peak body has stood by research suggesting that private providers now enrol almost three ...

Separate visa sub-classes aren’t enough to attract top quality international university students, according to the ATN. The Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) is calling for the administration of visas for overseas university students to be completely separated from arrangements ...

The major parties have expressed support for international education. But actions come harder than words, particularly when it’s not clear who’s in charge. Higher education advocates anxious to fix a shaky international student market with a new action plan gained ...