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Seven days out from this year's federal budget - an anorexic one, if government pre-commentary can be believed - a de-facto Bradley report on VET will warn the government not to fatten up training on the cheap. A week before ...

It should be easy in the future to ensure that the Minister’s (Kim Carr) oft repeated mantra of funding only excellent research occurs in practise no matter where that research is located write Frances Shannon and Stephen Parker The results ...

Far too few women are considering a potential career path in science, writes Annie May. It has been predicted that this year Australia faces a shortage of 20,000 scientists and engineers, and many other countries across the world are faring ...

Prized international science and technology Fulbright scholarships have gone to two Australians. Protecting your digital identity; comparing police training in the US and Australia; determining the prevalence and impact of foot pain - these are just some of the areas ...

An inaugural gender equality conference will hear how the nation’s most traditional universities must make room for more women leaders at the highest levels. And the message is coming from within the Go8. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) ...

The humanities council is to discuss the role of cultural institutions in innovation and knowledge networks Funding for digitisation and clarification of the role of galleries, libraries, archives and museums in the innovations system and knowledge networks will be high ...

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 ...

The tertiary sector isn’t so much split as serrated, writes John Ross. The only thing the Judean People’s Front hated more than the Romans, according to Monty Python, was the People’s Front of Judea. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen reportedly quoted ...

US committed to doubling the exchange of students A US presidential visit to Indonesia last week has further sealed higher education ties between the two countries. US president Barack Obama told a packed crowd of students at the University of ...

The shortage of scientists isn’t only due to lack of students studying science, writes Annie May. Bad press and a rigid view of maths have seen the state of mathematical sciences and related disciplines in Australia deteriorate to a dangerous ...