The Greens are targeting the youth vote by promising an increase in Youth Allowance and more affordable student housing. The Greens have zeroed in on the youth vote promising to tackle student poverty and housing affordability. Greens education spokeswoman Senator ...

The appointments of Denise Bradley and Kaye Schofield as interim chairs of the fledgling higher education and national VET regulators has calmed nerves, but there is a long way to go in a short period of time. The two newly ...

If things go according to plan, Ballarat could soon be delivering tertiary education programs in every town in regional Victoria. The University of Ballarat has put forward an ambitious plan that could see it develop a presence in almost every ...

All unis weren’t created equal – and the initial allocations from the Commonwealth’s new equity program prove it. The University of Western Sydney is the big winner from the Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program (HEPPP), claiming a $2.6 million ...

At least four state governments have started work on creating their own versions of Denise Bradley’s integrated tertiary education sector. Three states have followed Victoria’s lead in developing their own tertiary sector plans, with Commonwealth policies paving the way for ...

A Coalition government would not radically alter the current higher education policy agenda, says Senator Brett Mason. The federal Coalition would wrest regulation of higher education institutions from the states to ensure the national agency TEQSA alone dealt with issues ...

An industrial dispute at UNSW is picking up steam as strike action is threatened. The clash between staff and management at UNSW could further intensify this week, with staff considering strike action after both sides refused to budge on their ...

Politics might have doomed Tasmania Tomorrow, but its advocates say the vital signs were promising. Politics might have forced the untimely demise of the Tasmania Tomorrow post-Year 10 schooling and VET reforms (CR online, 28.06.10). But that doesn’t mean they ...

There were twice as many women named laureate fellows this year as in 2009 – but there are still only four. In the second year of the Australian Laureate Fellowships, four women were among the 15 researchers awarded, sparking both ...