The title of the ‘Australia’ section of the OECD’s latest annual, education-centric report could be ‘nevertheless’. This is because most negatives seemed to be counterbalanced with positives. For example, Education at a Glance 2018 revealed that while our university fees are relatively high, ...

“The anxiety that I had around transitioning from high school to university was pretty intense. I was the first person in my family to go to university, so I kind of didn’t have that background knowledge from my mum and ...

With a looming federal election tipped to go Labor’s way, the party is releasing policy specifics. Having birthed the demand-driven system, Labor has explained how it will revive it: with $10 billion dollars, which it says will boost student numbers by ...

There was controversy before Campus Review‘s latest conference, ‘Cash cows or human capital? Perspectives on international students in Australia’, began. “The title of this conference is offensive to international students and to the staff who teach and look after them,” ...

He was in charge of grading, but now, the public has the scorecard. With Simon Birmingham’s departure from the Education Ministership, it’s possible to weigh up his tenure. For schools, will he get a Band One on some initiatives, and a Band ...

Declaring that higher education is a commodity and students are customers is no way to win friends in the education sector. But it is a debate worth having – and one that is regularly fuelled by none other than the ...

What exactly is a ‘pride chat’? With the launch of its new campaign, the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) hopes all interested university parties will be able to answer that question. Raise Our Voice aims to spread awareness of the ...

It could be the ‘super university’ that transforms the city of churches into the university city. Or, it could be a cost-cutting exercise. These are the headlines surrounding the potential University of South Australia-University of Adelaide merger. Yet, it is much more complicated than these extremes ...

The fashion in universities and other public sector organisations for ‘shared services’ did not spring from nowhere. Yes Minister in the 1980s featured an episode about a hospital that had 500 administration staff, but could not afford to employ nurses ...

With Australia’s international student numbers currently at a record high, many higher education providers are focused on how they can best support their students. In this article we’ll look at the importance of understanding what international students need and what ...