Enrolments from Australia’s two fastest-growing international education markets are set to collapse. Enrolments from two of Australia’s top 10 markets for international students are expected to plunge dramatically, after offshore student visa applications from Nepal nosedived 85 per cent and ...

The government says its indicators for measuring equity performance will provide transparency and accountability. But, as usual, the devil is in the detail. The federal government’s proposed indicators for assessing university performance in attracting and retaining low-SES students have been ...

International enrolments could be dampened by changes to migration arrangements which have been proposed in two current reviews. The federal government may stop using priority occupation lists in a further shake-up of the skilled migration program. The decision could have ...

Centrelink information, as well as postcodes, will determine student SES for the purposes of the new equity loading – but only as an interim measure. The federal government will partly move away from postcodes – which have been used exclusively ...

UNE is a university of contrasts.” So begins UNE’s recent AUQA audit – a mixed bag that finds pockets of excellence, energy, enthusiasm and vision amid a broader culture largely happy with maintaining the status quo. So while the university ...

Despite the political sensitivities, uncapping fees may be the only way for the government to continue to be able to guarantee a quality system. Domestic student fees will eventually be uncapped out of necessity as the government struggles to pay ...

The murder of an Indian student in Melbourne prompts call for cross-border agency to improve security. Governments must unite to tackle the problem of international student security as a matter of “global public good”, a world higher education conference has ...

More cuts to university funding and UK government demands more two-year degrees. UK universities have been told to reduce the length of their courses, after the government made more dramatic cuts to higher education spending just before Christmas. Just before ...

Cormann new training shadow Mathias Cormann was appointed Opposition spokesperson for employment participation, apprenticeships and training as part of Tony Abbott’s reshuffle of the Opposition in early December. The 39-year-old Belgian-born lawyer, a former Western Australian Liberal Party vice-president and ...

Walker to quit Deakin appointed deputy director with responsibility for education and Professor Andrew Leigh has been appointed deputy director with responsibility for research. New Curtin PVC for humanities Curtin University has appointed Professor Majella Franzmann as the pro vice-chancellor ...