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The University of Minnesota-Duluth is sponsoring an ad campaign to achieve ‘racial justice’, but not everyone is happy about it.   The Un-Fair Campaign, designed to ‘undermine’ white privilege in one of the whitest cities in the US, has received ...

Multi-faith campuses and new technology offer real challenges. There is a rich history associated with university chaplaincy, which has evolved into a unique profession with its own identity and skills. This vocation continues to expand and diversify, with a growing ...

Victoria’s mistakes with vocational education and training can be a lesson for other states, especially for older workers. When one looks at what is happening in vocational education in Victoria, it’s hard not to picture a dog’s breakfast. In South ...

Something has gone wrong when, on present trends, we face a future with few graduates in some of the essential disciplines. Australia faces a national skills crisis as students abandon unpopular subjects such as maths, science and humanities in response ...

Who loses out if governments only fund apprenticeships and diplomas Should VET drop all other programs except apprenticeships and feeder programs for higher education? A focus on apprenticeships was promoted recently by politicians in both Victoria and Queensland, when they ...

Top research by the University of Melbourne pushes it high in the latest QS world rankings. The University of Melbourne is the Australian research star in the latest trickle of world university ranking data to be released by Quacquarelli Symonds ...

New York University wants to open a site at a historic site on Sydney Harbour. New York University has confirmed plans to open a harbourside campus in Sydney next year. A spokesperson told Campus Review the new site would cater to about ...

Higher education stakeholders are treading water on Budget eve The fortunes of the vocational education and training sector are expected to shine in an otherwise lacklustre status quo outcome for higher education in this year's federal Budget. Amid the final ...

TAFE directors accuse commission of misjudging levels of teacher qualifications in public VET colleges The Productivity Commission included data from one undisclosed state in Australia, to highlight concerns about qualifications in sections of the TAFE workforce, TAFE Directors Australia say. ...

Open source software has proved particularly popular among universities, as it is generally cheaper to buy and operate than proprietary systems, writes Beverley Head. Flinders and Monash Universities are the latest in a conga line of tertiary institutions making the ...