Hargreaves new EA president Professor Doug Hargreaves, head of QUT’s School of Engineering Systems, is the new president of Engineers Australia, the peak organisation for 88,000 member engineers. He is a former president of Engineers Australia (Qld) and secretary of ...

On Thursday, 19 November around 10:30 pm, I noticed first one, then swarms of helicopters over the City of London just to the south of me, moving to the west. The helicopters are often out – visiting heads of state ...

Funding cuts threaten Oxford University tutorial system Oxford University will have to axe its prized tutorial system if the government pushes ahead with funding cuts, a report has warned. Foreshadowed cuts to higher education of will be reduced by $320 ...

Universities are increasingly collaborating in shared data centres. It doesn’t just make economic sense, writes Beverley Head. In just a few weeks, three Victorian universities will take up their positions in a new data centre in Melbourne’s Noble Park. It ...

The government’s 40 per cent attainment target might be under-ambitious, new data suggests. The federal government’s 40 per cent bachelors completion targets are well on the way to being reached – well before any of its targeted policies come into ...

The Senate report on international students has taken a stick to state regulators, and wants both a carrot and a stick for agents. The Commonwealth Ombudsman should assume responsibility for international education, and governments and providers should adopt a carrot-and-stick ...

ACCC gives graduate-entry medical schools the nod The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said universities can continue current selection processes for students to study graduate-level medicine. The decision refers to all 11 universities that use preference and one interview ...

New standards will ensure a level playing field for international students in foundation programs, but the details still need ironing out. National standards will apply to all foundation programs from January 1. But education officials are yet to appoint a ...

Industry and universities share common interests – so industry should back universities’ calls for a greater slice of the public pie. Peak industry groups should get behind calls for more public funding of higher education, according to the head of ...

Are fake conferences the new internet scam? The Scientist has uncovered what may be a new scam to entice people to surrender their banking details to internet criminals – this time targeting academics. Email invitations to speak at conferences in exotic ...