If you’re from a high socioeconomic background, and you’ve just finished school with a top-rank tertiary entrance score, you’ll probably shoot for a place in one of the Group of Eight universities. That’s one of the unremarkable patterns revealed by ...

Immigration may be at the heart of the allegations of corruption and exploitation that have rocked international education in Australia. But while the shonky operators need to be closed down, Australia must make sure it doesn’t throw the baby out ...

Professor Di Yerbury, former vice-chancellor of Macquarie University, has received an apology from Fairfax, publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald. The apology, which was printed on 8 August, related to several articles published by the paper in February 2007. The ...

Queensland Conservatorium appoints new directornsel for the Asia-Oceania Tax Consultants’ Association. Johnston appointed dean at Sydney Professor Archie Johnston has been appointed as the next dean of engineering and IT at the University of Sydney. Johnston is a fellow of ...

Britain hunts for 4000 ‘bogus’ foreign students The British government is trying to locate nearly 4000 foreign students after coming to the UK to study at bogus colleges. The students were all due to study at colleges that have had ...

The increasingly casualised California university system makes Toby Miller wonder whether unionisation has a future. When I was a child, the Dutch-derived word furlough referred to soldiers in Hollywood movies who were away from the front, enjoying some shore leave. ...

Universities looking to develop student housing need to be aware of proposed changes to the operation of the GST regime, writes Angela Lau. From 1 July 2010, the federal government has proposed that the GST-free treatment of going concerns, including ...

External teaching methods are helping disadvantaged students, writes Charles Webb. Charles Darwin University has recently experienced a very rapid increase in students studying off campus, with more than 60 per cent of the current delivery in external mode. We are ...

Internet studies provides plenty of scope for researchers to stake new ground, writes Beverley Head. Internet studies represent a great way for young academics to carve out a stellar reputation. This is the considered opinion of Dr Vicki Nash, director ...

Red alert Bookshelf: Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia Reframing Darwin: Evolution and art in Australia explores the impact of the Darwinian revolution on Australian arts and sciences. Beginning with the voyage of HMS Beagle and concluding with contemporary ...