Deliberate over-enrolling, an enhanced web presence and the biggest advertising and marketing campaign in its history failed to prevent a major slump in diploma and advanced diploma enrolments at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT), according to a staff memo ...

Franchises may be a good option for TAFEs wanting to deliver degrees. Franchising arrangements may be the most promising collaboration model for TAFEs and universities, given that TAFEs are being excluded from the demand-driven funding system for higher education, according ...

A new report reveals that US universities are outclassing Australian campuses in providing high levels of engagement for international students. Australian universities must consider the reintroduction of specialist services for international students in light of new research that has found ...

Collective compact negotiations would defeat the purpose, academics argue. Academics have given a lukewarm response to a recommendation that the Victorian government become involved in university compact negotiations “to ensure that the needs of the state are considered”. The expert ...

Computer scientist Professor Richard O Sinnott has been appointed as the eResearch Director for the University of Melbourne. Sinnott, who will take up his appointment in July 2010, will work in the university’s research portfolio and also hold an adjunct ...

University of the Sunshine Coast’s vice-chancellor Professor Paul Thomas has received the Asia-Pacific chief executive leadership award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The first Australian vice-chancellor to receive such an award, he was recognised for his ...

Professor Wayne McKenna has been appointed to the new role of deputy vice-chancellor (academic and research) at the University of Western Sydney. McKenna will lead the new Division of Academic and Research which integrates all academic-related functions including academic development, ...

Social scientist Professor Daniela Stehlik has joined Charles Darwin University as director of the School for Social and Policy Research. Stehlik was previously the foundation chair in stronger communities and director of the Research Centre for Stronger Communities at Curtin ...

Professor Stephen Parker will lead the University of Canberra for the next five years under a new contract signed last week. Parker’s term began on 1 March 2007 and was due to expire in 2012. The new contract will see ...

Professor Branko Celler has commenced as executive dean of the University of Western Sydney’s College of Health and Science. Celler, a biomedical engineer, has expertise in research, commercialisation and corporate management. Celler spent three years as a post-doctoral fellow at ...