Senate passage of the ESOS Amendment Bill seemed assured after the Opposition gave it the tick last year, and the hurry-up last week. But now it’s back before the Lower House, with changes the government says it can’t accept. The ...

Two new reports have contradictory findings on job satisfaction levels for academics. Either Australian academics are among the least satisfied in the world or they have consistently high levels of job satisfaction – much higher than their public sector and ...

Learning outcomes project aims to get to grips with international teaching comparisons. An international study will measure and compare learning outcomes at universities around the world – and could provide the “missing link” for university rankings. The Organisation for Economic ...

The federal government has listed the stalled reforms to the student income support system as one of its 10 “key accomplishments” in a progress report on its higher education revolution.ncrease their enrolments by up to 10 per cent over their ...

The VRQA has begun listing training provider cancellations and suspensions on its website – the first state or territory to do so. Over 60 registered training organisations (RTOs) in Victoria have had their registrations cancelled or suspended during the current ...

Overseas enrolments will be further affected by the latest changes to skilled migration, likely to shift the focus from a long list of skills to sponsored jobs and health and resource sector occupations. A tightened skilled occupations list (SOL) is ...

Quebec looks to entice Australia’s lost Indian students with offers of citizenship. Quebec has played its strong hand in a bid to attract Indian students disaffected by reports of violence and college closures in Australia. Quebec premier Jean Charest, leading ...

The value of a degree over a lifetime might be less than the much-touted $1 million. It’s a commonly held fact in higher education circles that those who complete a bachelor degree will earn $1 million more than their counterparts ...

In an otherwise austere budget, President Barack Obama last week confirmed his commitment to education and research. With the US economy still technically a basket case, US President Barack Obama’s $US3.8 trillion ($4.3 trillion) 2011 budget lays the foundation for ...

Peer review of teaching may be what the government needs if it wants to measure quality of teaching. Peer review of teaching has emerged as a possible measure for teaching quality in the government’s indicator framework for higher education performance ...