Young children are picking up a potentially dangerous message that fat is bad and muscle is good before they have even started school, a study of Australian preschoolers has revealed. Little girls are becoming weight conscious and boys want more ...

International engagement has been an important aspect of the Australian higher education sector for many decades. Australian universities have enhanced the international dimension of teaching and research, welcomed international staff and students to our campuses, facilitated the international experience of ...

A deregulated, student-centred system is not only equitable; it drives quality in institutions, says Steven Schwartz. Rumour has it the Bradley review will open the door to student-centred funding of universities (CR, 09.09.08). As a long-term supporter of giving students ...

A fully competitive higher education sector would destroy the fabric and viability of regional universities, says Garry Carnegie.   Regional universities in Australia are key generators of intellectual and social capital in areas outside the major capital cities, and drive ...

Course selection procedures which give low-SES students a much higher chance of entry could help solve one of the chief equity issues, says Conor King. The challenge of addressing the social imbalance of university entrants is an issue that is ...

New technologies could embed videoconferencing in teaching and learning, says Beverley Head.   Videoconferencing first made a real splash during the 1989 pilots’ strike when corporate Australia was forced to look for alternative ways to hold interstate meetings. Now, videoconferencing ...

A compact university is neither efficient or world class. Dario Toncich explains why systems would work. The word compact has become almost as chic in university circles as the word Prius has become in Hollywood circles of environmentally aware celebrities ...

Sir Laurence Street is unlikely to hand over his review of governance issues at the University of New England before the end of the year. Street told Campus Review last Friday that while he understood the review would go ahead, ...

There appears little space for regional and rural issues in the Bradley Review, says Dianne Bills and Trevor Gale. The Bradley review is now in full swing, fuelled by a late flurry of submissions from institutions, associations and individuals with ...

Success in dealing with climate change will depend on understanding how to change human behaviour, with and without the use of fear, says Carmen Lawrence. As most people now seem to agree, climate change is one of the greatest challenges ...