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Sector and commentators must use the comprehensive data with integrity and precision writes Mike Calford. The announcement of the 2010 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) outcomes has generated significant interest and debate.  Despite some well-aired weaknesses in the process, the ...

While universities stand to lose more than twice as much from cuts to capital funding, it’s the abolition of the ALTC that really has the higher education community up in arms. The higher education community has mounted a rearguard action ...

The Tunisian government brought itself undone by over-investing in tertiary education, according to a Wall Street commentator – and there are lessons for the West. The recent popular uprising in Tunisia – and a potential domino effect in other authoritarian ...

A new discussion paper says international student disquiet in Australia is generating a growing movement. By Susan Woodward. Government failure to address racism and the basic human rights of international students in Australia is fuelling a rising social movement and ...

A focus on technology has scuppered old-fashioned technical skills, writes Stuart Middleton. There is a lot of talk these days about technology and its impact on our lives, the role it plays in an information economy and, of course, the ...

TAFE industrial relations arrangements need to be overhauled, says the Productivity Commission. State and territory governments should give their TAFEs greater managerial independence and reject jurisdiction-wide industrial agreements for their TAFE employees, says a draft Productivity Commission report into the ...

‘Regional’ issues took on a distinctly political flavour in DEEWR’s brief to its new master. The federal education department’s initial advice on regional issues, delivered within days of the swearing in of Julia Gillard’s new cabinet, focused exclusively on electorates ...

The base funding review for higher education teaching raises some basic questions: what exactly do we mean by funding for teaching? And who exactly is going to provide that teaching? The long-awaited base funding review for higher education faces a ...

Leaking is all the rage. But is it art or artifice, wonders John Ross. It’s been a wet summer, for the media as well as everyone else. On top of a deluge of flood stories, reporters tapped into a steady ...

Second lock-up under way to tease out complex issues raised by universities DEEWR is holding a second lock-up on the proposed TEQSA legislation today, Monday, December 13. The stakeholders, including representatives from universities, the NTEU and student representatives, are meeting ...