Indigenous content and cultural awareness have been part and parcel of teaching and learning in most of the so-called helping professions for some years. But psychology is one discipline that has been slow to catch up.n expression of grief and ...

The two key structural changes to higher education announced last week by education minister Julia Gillard – a student entitlement funding system and a national regulatory and quality agency – will relieve some of the main “pressure points” in the ...

The government is unlikely to accept the Bradley panel’s finding that universities must conduct research in all broad fields in which they teach, innovation minister Kim Carr revealed last week. And he revived talk about mission-based compacts and a “hubs-and-spokes” ...

“Like an Apple Mac and a PC, our university and VET sectors need the right bridging software to connect effectively. The seamlessness of qualifications, fees, income support and regulatory oversight will all have to be re-examined as we look to ...

Having already committed itself to a virtually unlimited number of vocational training places, the Victorian Government will now commit to over 100,000 more under a special deal which will see the Victorian Training Guarantee effectively merged with the federal government’s ...

Positive responses by the government to the key recommendations of the Cutler and Bradley reviews are of fundamental importance to the future economic, social and environmental sustainability of our country, says Richard Larkins. 2009 promises to be the most significant ...

An independent inquiry into governance at the University of New England has been discontinued before it even began. Last June former chief justice Sir Laurence Street was engaged to conduct the inquiry amid a volatile and vituperative relationship between vice-chancellor ...

With 17 recommendations, five affirmations and only three commendations, private higher education provider Raffles College of Design and Commerce emerged from its recent AUQA review licking a few wounds. The AUQA panel found the college, which delivers courses from certificate ...

Work integrated learning, once identified primarily with the vocational education and training sector, is now a central and mandatory component of many degrees. But its implementation more broadly is being hindered by difficulties in finding and funding work placements, according ...

Campus Review wins media award Campus Review was last week a winner in the inaugural Universities Australia higher education media award. Journalist Jeremy Gilling collected the award for the category of writing about teaching and learning. Luke Slattery, editor of ...