The University of Western Sydney has developed what it believes is Australia’s first “US-style” PhD program, featuring a mandatory year of coursework before students start their research theses. The new doctoral program in political and social thought, available from next ...

Foreigners who study in Australia before seeking residency as skilled migrants enjoy “a big employment bonus” compared to skilled migrants who obtain their qualifications in other countries, last week’s Australian International Education Conference was told. Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne, associate dean ...

The federal government plans to move two of its key tertiary education reforms through the House of Representatives this week, clearing the decks for their introduction into the Senate when it meets next week. According to the house’s draft legislative ...

A mutual recognition agreement involving French and Australian universities won’t force either country to accept the other’s qualifications – but it’ll help clear some of the hurdles, according to educationalists from both countries. French higher education attaché Béatrice Chassaing said ...

The proportion of disengaged teenagers has risen sharply, reversing four years of steady improvement, with the global financial crisis wreaking havoc among some of Australia’s most vulnerable. The 2009 ‘How young people are faring’ report, from the Foundation for Young ...

Australian awards for university teachings year, 24 university teachers across Australia will receive awards for teaching excellence, with a further 12 awards for programs that enhance learning. The premier university teaching award, the $50,000 Prime Minister’s award for Australian university ...

When the Think: education group was founded, it set itself a lofty ambition: “to create a new category in Australian education – a credible alternative to universities and TAFE colleges”. That has earned praise for Think:’s “distinctive vision, mission and ...

Janaki Bahadur thinks Australia ought to have seen the warning signs earlier. India’s media hysteria over attacks on Indian students in Australia was just waiting to happen, she says. Bahadur, a journalist who divides her time between New Delhi and ...

We’re repeatedly told international education is vitally important to Australia’s economy and balance of payments. We know too that the two-way student exchanges enhance intercultural understanding, here and overseas. Now a new Universities Australia report suggests international education is deeply ...

No financial worries for top Chinese universities While western universities struggle with collapsing endowments, China’s top universities are stronger than ever. Hao Ping, China’s vice-minister of education, said that in 2007 the 34 Chinese universities identified as the frontrunners of ...