The Council of Private Higher Education has lobbied Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to cut the 25 per cent loan fee imposed on students who enrol in these institutions, painting the issue as a matter of equity. In his letter, COPHE ...

The incoming chief executive of TAFE Directors Australia says he will push to get vocational education included on the government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. Craig Robertson said workers will need to be reskilled as old industries perish, and that ...

Since the demise of the infamous VET FEE-HELP scheme, there has been a spike in vocational colleges applying to become higher education institutions. The Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA)'s quarterly report shows that 86 prospective providers applied to become ...

People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can harness their symptoms by becoming entrepreneurs, researchers say. A study by the University of Bath in England found symptoms such as hyperactivity and impulsiveness, which pose daily challenges to those with ADHD, ...

The educational gap between city and regional is growing, a new report has shown, prompting a call for people in the country to enrol in some form of education. The Regional Australia Institute’s Human Capital Index, released today and compiled ...

Researchers at Griffith University in Queensland have developed a world first malaria vaccine, which has passed its first test in early human trials. The vaccine, called PlasProtecT, consists of inactivated human malaria parasites that have been prevented from growing and causing a ...

Science isn’t the only field with a leaky gender pipeline – economics suffers similar issues. As Danielle Wood, an economist, Grattan Institute fellow and chair of the newly established Women in Economics Network, points out, women account for 35–45 per ...

UPDATED STORY: A Sydney-based Chinese academic remains in limbo in China while awaiting another round of questioning by secret police who have stopped him flying home to Australia. Associate professor Chongyi Feng, who has previously spoken out against China's ruling ...

TAFE Directors Australia has appointed former government education bureaucrat, Craig Robertson, as its new chief executive. Prior to this appointment, Robertson was deputy secretary, higher education and skills, at the Victorian Department of Education. Robertson replaces Martin Riordan, who led ...

This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Lisa Fletcher is a champion of the written word. Inspired by her favourite book, Possession by AS Byatt, ...