Universities around the world have trumpeted international branch campuses as concrete evidence that their “brands” can compete on the global stage. They are seen as footholds in new markets and ways to tap into otherwise inaccessible research. But two analyses ...

The government has committed $5.1 million to top up the ESOS Assurance Fund – just days before the expected release of the Baird review of the ESOS Act, which may recommend wholesale changes to assurance arrangements for overseas students. The ...

The government has applied the thumbscrews to the Opposition over the stalled student income support reforms, after Australia’s 39 vice-chancellors signed a letter to every senator urging them to pass the bill. Education minister Julia Gillard’s office issued a media ...

The brutal murder of a Malaysian immigrant in inner-western Sydney has illustrated the depth of global feeling over violence against overseas students in Australia – with international education now potentially carrying the can for any atrocity against foreigners. The 43-year-old ...

Bradley appointed as independent director of Seek Online job advertising company Seek has appointed former University of South Australia vice-chancellor Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley as an independent director. Bradley, who chaired the national review of higher education in 2008, is ...

Universities are constantly reassessing their computing needs, writes Beverley Head. Curtin University is beta testing a computing solution that will eventually allow the university to decide which of its 180 computing applications it will migrate to a cloud-based service. Instead ...

Greens education spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young has waded back into the Youth Allowance debate with a three-point plan to break the parliamentary impasse and get scholarships flowing. She’s already made a start on point one, introducing a private member’s bill that ...

The key university infrastructure fund might have $6 billion on the balance sheets, but less than half is still in the kitty. Despite warnings that the looming infrastructure and maintenance needs of each university could reach $1 billion, the federal ...

A hospitality provider comes through its AUQA audit with flying colours. The Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS) and its sister campus the Australian International Hotel School (AIHS) are the two parts of a small, elite, internationally recognised provider ...

In-demand occupations could lose their special treatment status under possible changes to the skilled migration points test. Would-be migrants from the most in-demand occupational groups could find that their skills no longer give them an extra edge under changes being ...