Campus Review The latest in higher education news

At the recent ACPET annual conference in Hobart, a respected keynote speaker from Tasmania declared his lack of passion for the TAFE brand and organisation. While TAFE is soon to be dissolved on the Apple Isle, across the Tasman there ...

A fully competitive higher education sector would destroy the fabric and viability of regional universities, says Garry Carnegie.   Regional universities in Australia are key generators of intellectual and social capital in areas outside the major capital cities, and drive ...

A compact university is neither efficient or world class. Dario Toncich explains why systems would work. The word compact has become almost as chic in university circles as the word Prius has become in Hollywood circles of environmentally aware celebrities ...

Sir Laurence Street is unlikely to hand over his review of governance issues at the University of New England before the end of the year. Street told Campus Review last Friday that while he understood the review would go ahead, ...

Success in dealing with climate change will depend on understanding how to change human behaviour, with and without the use of fear, says Carmen Lawrence. As most people now seem to agree, climate change is one of the greatest challenges ...

A new study for the first time reveals the full extent of China’s massive transformation of its higher education sector. Julie Hare reports. China’s ascendance as a higher education superpower and the implications globally are the focus of an important ...

Collaboration is the rage, but universities must be careful when negotiating multi-party research agreements. Kate Rintoul tells how to avoid the pitfalls.   If properly established, multi-party research agreements provide unique opportunities to combine a range of skills, experience and ...

Is HECS in a bit of a mess? By Professor Bruce Chapman and Kiatanantha Lounkaew.   When the Labor Party lost office in March 1996 it left behind the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS). HECS had been introduced in 1989 ...