The integration of new and emerging technologies into learning spaces is a key factor influencing prospective students’ choice of university. Results from a newly released survey of 1500 students – made up of those studying and recent graduates – from Australia, India, Singapore, ...

A senior University of Queensland marine environment researcher has waded into the political milieu following Barack Obama’s recent speech at his university after Australian Government figures criticised the US president’s concerns regarding the Great Barrier Reef. In his UQ address, which ...

A motion calling for a Senate inquiry into the regulation and funding of private vocational education and training providers is set to be passed today. The inquiry would follow the Coalition Government’s recently announced crackdown on “unscrupulous or misleading behaviour by ‘brokers’ ...

Universities say higher education will be one of the big winners in Australia and China’s historic free trade agreement (FTA), which includes frameworks that will expand mutual recognition of qualifications between the two countries. As part of the deal, finalised yesterday in ...

It has been described as one of the great PR coups of the Brisbane G20 Leaders' Summit, US president Barack Obama is due to make an address at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus this weekend. The invite-only address is set ...

Medical students will probably be amongst those feeling the brunt of any increases to university fees under a deregulated system, one of the nation’s chief doctors has warned. Speaking to Campus Review ahead of the three-day Higher Education Reform Summit ...

In Campus Review’s latest podcast, UQ emeritus professor Graeme Turner explains why his landmark report Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia, is vital to the sector’s future viability. Recently launched at the National Press Club, the report ...

Industries relying heavily on employees working outside the traditional 9–5 may face workforce problems if federal government proposals to remove penalty rates become reality, a new study has revealed. The report, released last week by University of SA researchers, found that employees' decisions to ...

The Australian Skills and Quality Authority and peak industry body the Australian Council of Private Education and Training have defended both the quality of vocational training and its regulation following the release of data revealing that just 1 in 5 providers has passed ...

The Coalition will spend the next three weeks negotiating with cross-bench senators over amendments to its higher-education reforms that would allow the government’s contentious legislation package to pass the upper house. A three-week break in parliamentary sitting follows the release ...