Tasmania Tomorrow has changed things in the island state, despite its early demise. The Tasmanian polytechnic is “firmly embedded” despite major structural changes announced last month, according to board member Professor Judith Walker. Walker, deputy dean of the University of ...

There is an art to using student engagement surveys – focus on the least engaged, writes Megan Robinson. When assessing the quality of education at their institution, universities should not look solely at average results from student engagement surveys but ...

Are asylum concerns “killing” international education? A reported “blunder” by immigration minister Chris Evans last week has fuelled concerns that international education may be getting caught up in the asylum-seeker debate. Evans found himself the subject of media headlines when ...

With the coffers looking fuller than expected, the government should finish the Bradley jigsaw, according to the peak universities body. Universities can claim partial credit for the better than expected economic outlook – and should be rewarded accordingly – according ...

An anomaly in the figures DEEWR has used to allocate HEPPP funding has raised questions over the accuracy of the data underpinning its interim SES measure. The figures say that Batchelor Institute had around 500 undergraduates receiving selected Centrelink benefits ...

Professor Peter Rathjen has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania. He is currently deputy vice-chancellor (research) at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that appointment, Rathjen was dean of science at Melbourne and before that foundation executive dDean, ...

Dr Neale Fong, former director-general of the WA Health Department, has been appointed as the director of the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI). Fong holds bachelor degrees in medicine and surgery, an MBA from UWA, a masters in theological ...

UWA researcher, Winthrop Professor Zdenko (Zed) Rengel, has been awarded a Humboldt research award. The award, from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, promotes academic cooperation between scientists from Germany and abroad. Rengel, of UWA’s School of Earth and Environment and ...

Open Universities Australia has announced the appointment of Michelle Beveridge to general manager, operations. Prior to joining OUA, Beveridge was chief information officer at IDP Education for three years and general manager of information services at OAMPS Insurance Brokers for ...

Andrew Smith, currently CEO of the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), has been appointed CEO of Swinburne College. Swinburne College provides foundation programs for international students as well as managing delivery of Swinburne’s offshore programs. Prior to ...