In the article ‘The right stuff’ (CR, 30.03.10), Anne Edwards was VC at Flinders from 2001 to 2007 and Denise Bradley at UniSA from 1997 to 2006. Also, Martin Carroll is in fact PVC (teaching and learning) at CDU.

A young researcher has the chance to be involved in a pioneering project that aims to clean soils of herbicide and pesticide residues using crops. A three-year Australian Research Council (Linkage) scholarship is being offered at Flinders University for a ...

After hitting a low point in February, relations between India and Australia have begun to thaw after a visit from human resource development minister Kapil Sibal. Education agents in India might find themselves under increased scrutiny – or at least ...

A multi-Emmy Award-winning Australian who revolutionised sports telecasting has turned his attention to transforming the reading experience of the visually impaired. Jeremy Gilling reports. We’re the 1000-pound gorilla,” says Michael Katzmann. He’s speaking about the US’s National Library Service for ...

The e-book has become like the ramp at the side of a building: originally installed to facilitate access for people in wheelchairs, but now used by all sorts of people, from cyclists to parcel deliverers. This analogy comes from Sharon ...

There are mixed signs from Australia’s first large-scale move into demand-driven tertiary education. Diploma and advanced diploma enrolments have slumped in Victorian TAFEs, as the settings for the state’s VET reforms clash with its goals of increasing tertiary education participation ...

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 ...

Austrade and AEI are targeting the upper end of the international education market by sending Australian researchers to top-end European universities. Austrade may be grappling with the challenge of maintaining entry-level enrolments from key markets like India and China as ...

Every capital could have a designated centre where international students can find help, info, friends and a representative voice. The federal, state and territory governments should establish international student hubs where international students can obtain information on services and safety, ...