A report predicts that Charles Darwin University, Western Sydney University and Federation University may challenge Australia’s old and elite universities by 2030. The Class of 2030 from higher education consulting firm Firetail, argued there is a new generation of universities who ...

“The blue stocking is the most odious character in society … she sinks wherever she was placed, like the yolk of an egg, to the bottom, and carries the filth with her.” Those are the thoughts of 18th-century English writer ...

A new scheme is getting students to play to their strengths in the academic environment, and it has the potential to engage staff. Jack Iveson is running a strengths-based program at Torrens University’s APM College of Business and Communication, where ...

This week on a jam-packed Episode 11 of Talking Eds, the team from Early Learning Review, Education Review and Campus Review unpack the STEAMy new Sesame Street initiative, dissect the US college sports scholarship system and discuss solutions to this ...

Despite data showing first-year undergraduate student drop-out rates have hit their highest point in eight years, the Australian Catholic University vice-chancellor has sidestepped concerns about these figures, saying data-driven learning analytics can handle it. Professor Greg Craven told a policy forum yesterday that ...

Most have heard of the educational theory of learning styles, which argues students can be categorised as either tactile, auditory or visual learners. It’s been around since the 1970s. It’s also now largely regarded as pseudo-scientific fad; studies have found no ...

Wheelchair basketball Paralympian Bridie Kean owes some of her success to being poached for a US sports scholarship. Now she wants to bring aspects of that system back to Australia, to entice the local talent to study and compete here. ...

In episode 10 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look back on a week when New York said 'no' to Pokémon Go, we discovered what the most optimistic and engaging school year ...

The University of Adelaide and Urbanest haven’t revealed the cost of their newest student accommodation partnership, despite two News Corp papers reporting the price tag at $100 million. On Wednesday, Urbanest announced it would build a new student accommodation centre ...

Researchers from Melbourne universities will soon have the opportunity to work in the new $13 million laboratory set up by multinational defence industry giant Lockheed Martin. STELaR Lab is a collaboration between Lockheed Martin and the Defence Science Institute (DSI). The ...