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International Education has been left behind in lobbying stakes Speakers at the Australian International Education Conference in Sydney last week urged the international education sector to come together to raise its profile and standing. From Peter Speldewinde of the Department ...

Link between educational attainment and health outcomes confirmed Early high school leavers are up to 20 per cent less likely to report being in good health in later life than those with a tertiary education. Early school leavers are also ...

UK observers give little hope to a student-backed proposal for tuition fees to be deferred writes John Ross A report from the UK’s independent review of higher education funding and student finance, which has been spearheaded by former BP boss ...

Associate Professor Betty Leask talks of the difficulties faced by academics seeking to internationalise the curriculum. We did all of that in the 1970s, you know”. The “that” was internationalisation of the curriculum and the comment was from a colleague ...

This week’s Browne review poses dangers for students. But it’s also treacherous territory for Britain’s new coalition government, writes John Ross. Next week, British higher education finds out just how much money it’s going to lose over the next few ...

John Ross discovers there could be spin-offs for Australian Education from this armada Spain’s World Cup football campaign, according to the commentators, was constructed around the “third party” strategy. Other teams raced down the right or left wing and looked ...

Skills reform in Victoria still a work-in-progress writes David Battersby In his piece on Victoria exempts apprentices from up-skilling rule (Campus Review, 27 September), John Ross is probably premature in postulating that this measure may get the community on side ...

Whether you are a resident or visitor to the web counts in e-learning research There is a gulf growing between the expectations and activities of students within the social web, and the expectations and practices of university staff within the ...

More than 1000 delegates expected at Australian Internation Education conference Simon Anholt, a policy adviser to governments on national identity and reputation will be the keynote speaker at this year’s international education conference in Sydney. Delegates will be hoping Anholt ...

Work underway to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots The first broad-ranging social inclusion action plan to come out of an Australian university since the Bradley review prioritised the issue will be released in November. Swinburne University of ...