Declining funding for TAFE was one of the key topics addressed during last weekend’s Australian Education Union’s (AEU) 2020 federal conference, held in Melbourne. Keynote speakers at the conference included AEU’s president Correna Haythorpe, Labor Leader Anthony Albanese and Shadow ...

In recognising the constitutional role of First Nation peoples in Australian affairs, as imagined in the Uluru Statement, there is an opportunity to give full expression to our philosophical and cultural identity through the processes that govern the entire nation: ...

When talking to students, colleges and universities can easily get caught up in long-form academic-speak. It’s in their very nature to deliver high-end, formal education, and the tone of their communications often matches. But while there is a need to ...

University of Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones has warned that some of Australia’s top universities are too dependent on China and are “scrambling” to deal with the COVID-19 travel restrictions affecting Chinese students in particular. In an article for The Centre ...

In part two of our series on issues arising from Australia's megafires this summer, Campus Review talks to firefighter and PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University, Greg Penney. With his unique mix of academia and hands-on knowledge, Penney explains how ...

A leading academic has warned that the internationalisation of the higher education sector has created both opportunities and challenges that need to be addressed in the immediate future. This advice formed part of the report Developing a New Vision for ...

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) – Australia's VET regulator for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) – has been attacked for alleged over-spending, non-compliance measures and allowing unqualified auditors to undertake auditing activities. A whistleblower from Education Issues Australia contacted Campus ...

An Indigenous academic has argued that changing the date of Australia Day will not address the deep-seated feelings of loss and sadness that accompany it for many of Australia’s original inhabitants. However, Monash Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous Issues Jacinta Elston ...

New Zealand female academics could build a house with the amount of money they were underpaid compared to their male counterparts, a new study has found. A University of Canterbury study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, repudiates what’s called the ...

It is noteworthy how far we have come in defining and shaping a concept of engagement. Universities in Australia are helping to build the future, in partnership with others across the globe also, as part of a new economic and ...