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Fiji threatens tighter regulation of international higher education providers The Fijian government has flagged measures to regulate the country’s burgeoning higher education sector amid concerns that a flooding of the sector by interational higher education providers is imminent. “These [overseas ...

Student and university groups have welcomed the federal Government’s half billion dollar handout to students, announced as part of last week’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan. But it won’t substitute for genuine and lasting reform of student income assistance, they ...

International education earnings up again: UA The ABS International Goods and Services December 2008 trade data shows international education remained buoyant last year, increasing its earnings 27 per cent to $15.5 billion in 2008, according to Universities Australia. UA said ...

There are two ways students can qualify for the Training and Learning Bonus. Firstly if, on 3 February, they were a student or apprentice eligible for youth allowance, Austudy, Abstudy or various other schemes including sickness allowance and special benefit. ...

As talk about retention rises, US rates drop US colleges have in recent years been paying increasing attention to retention of undergraduates but the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that it doesn’t seem to be working. New data shows that ...

A single government response to the Cutler and Bradley reviews is expected to be considered by federal cabinet this week. ***Campus Review** understands that a joint submission to the two major reviews has been developed by the two responsible ministers ...

Everyone these days agrees that the economy needs more people with qualifications and that those already with qualifications need to extend their education and training. One element of this is a policy push for an increase in delivery of VET ...

Will India’s higher education surge exclude foreign universities? India’s massive financial commitment to higher education (CR, 27.01.09) should be good news for other countries, including Australia, who are interested in expanding their presence in India. But, as The Parliament, may ...

The future of Australia’s international education industry is hard to call – just like the global economy itself. But reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, writes John Ross. Australia’s international education industry is about to boom or bust, depending ...

The University of New South Wales’s Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) MBA has once again been ranked highest of Australian MBA programs in the prestigious Financial Times (UK) 2009, rankings released yesterday. AGSM came in at 32 in the ranking of ...