Focus on education must last beyond federal elections, the chief executive of a multinational educational publisher has argued. David Levin, from McGraw-Hill Education – one of the ‘big three’ educational publishers – said education, unlike elections, is always around. It shouldn’t be pandered ...

Federal Labor has refused to disclose details of whom it consulted for its VET FEE-HELP cap, though it certainly didn’t talk to two of the major industry groups representing TAFEs and private education providers. The $8000 question now is, Whom did Labor consult? ...

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 ...

The higher education sector has welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s release of an options – or discussion – paper to garner feedback from stakeholders as to the direction of policy. The paper has been referred to as a reset button that ...

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 ...

There’s one thing we can say for sure about higher education policy for the next 12 months: no matter which party wins the election, there will be more consultations and reviews. Last year, Labor announced a green paper-white paper approach ...

SAVINGS MEASURES Higher Education Reform — deregulation shelved, funding cuts delayed to 2018 As explained in the budget papers regarding the government’s deregulation reforms that were twice rejected by the senate: “The government will delay the implementation of the higher education reforms ...

We welcome your feedback  and comments, via email, Twitter or the comments box below. 4:32pm Professor Eeva Leinonen, Murdoch University’s vice-chancellor, said her university will continue to help disadvantaged students despite the 20 per cent cut to HEPP. Despite #budget2016 ...

The federal government is discussing capping the prices of vocational courses offered through VET FEE-HELP. This is one of the options tabled in a discussion paper the federal skills minister, Scott Ryan, released today. It read: “Recognising course costs are often unreflective of ...

Determining the local economic impact of international students in most areas of Australia is nigh impossible because the data is a mess, an expert argued. In a study soon to be published in the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, professor ...