The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) makes its case for university remuneration reform.   There is widespread evidence that academic staff in Australian universities are working excessive and even unsafe hours. Surveys and research consistently show that most fulltime academics work more ...

The federal government lays VET FEE-HELP’s failure at Labor’s feet, conveniently ignoring its own policy shortcomings since 2013. What does a government do when the whole country knows its policy has failed? In the case of the current federal government ...

National Tertiary Education Union industrial relations claim threatens the demise of the academy and international competitiveness. Academic staff at Australian Universities enjoy flexible working hours and freedom to pursue their research and intellectual interests within their disciplines with only minimal ...

In fewer than five years, some Australian universities will be forced to shut their doors. This prediction, while brutal, reflects the sad reality that some in the Higher Education sector will only grasp the full impacts of digital disruption once ...

Technology, rural shortages and changing definitions of mental health will all affect the profession, but opportunities for careers will remain. Rising rates of mental ill-health in recent years have been matched by an overall increased awareness and understanding of such ...

Call it a budding innovation ecosystem, or an education turf war. Either way, universities have their sights set on Sydney’s west. But the vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University has argued the incoming education boom could be brought to a bumper-to-bumper ...

The Government has pulled back from deregulation of student fees but retains its aim for significant savings in higher education. It wants to balance the amount the government pays with the amount students pay. Major changes will not take place ...

The 2016–17 federal Budget confirms that Commonwealth investment in Vocational Education and Training (VET) will fall by more than $500 million in 2017–18, when the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform expires. There will also be reductions of $50 million over four years ...

The Victorian Government began the redemption of its VET sector in earnest by acknowledging the disastrous policy that left things in disarray. With politics, they say if you wait long enough you will always see the pendulum swing back. This ...

Helping qualified foreign students who lack great wealth earn degrees in Australia will have benefits for our sector. It is just over 25 years since the publication of the landmark report on equitable access to Australian higher education, A Fair ...