Australia’s rankings darling, the University of Melbourne, has dominated a series of subject ladders released by Times Higher Education. It was the nation’s best performer in seven of the eleven World University Rankings by subject. UniMelb’s best results were in ...

The peak body for independent training and tertiary providers and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have helped introduce measures to protect the government’s new Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements scheme from rorting. Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) CEO Troy ...

It’s the big question facing all Victorian universities right now: will international students return in 2021, and to what extent? The state’s International Education Advisory Council (IEAC) was disbanded nearly two months ago, and in June a five-year international education ...

University of Newcastle staff want more detail on plans to cut courses and amalgamate faculties. In addition, an academic at the university has claimed “there is no trust in university management”, despite reassurances given by a university spokesperson that consultations ...

In the early afternoon of 8 November 2016 in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma) the results of the 2016 United States presidential election became available through radio and television broadcasts. A then 12- or 13-year-old Burmese girl, my former neighbour in ...

As Year 12 students across Australia prepare for the culmination of their schooling, a proportion of over-achievers will be setting their expectations high and will likely be fearful about not reaching their perfectionist heights. The perfectionist syndrome led clinical PhD ...

Teachers are concerned the future of Australia’s arts and entertainment industry looks bleak as theatre courses are cut across the country. Triggered by staff redundancies and course cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two well-regarded theatre and drama degrees have ...

The higher education sector is going through significant changes. Universities are facing financial losses and shifts in their teaching and research funding. The changes are so significant that some in the sector suggest that the purpose of higher education needs ...

The Group of Eight (Go8) has made a clean sweep of the top Australian spots in the latest global university ranking. The 2021 Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report ranks nearly 1,500 top institutions across 86 countries ...

A nationally representative sample of 1001 Australians aged 18 and over found that 94 per cent of respondents believed federal TAFE funding was important for the post-recession rebuild and recovery. The question put to online respondents was: how important is ...