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Campus Review spoke with University of Newcastle vice-chancellor professor Caroline McMillen to find out her thoughts on the 2017 Federal Budget. You can either listen to the interview in full (below) or read a lightly edited transcript of her juiciest cuts ...

This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Lisa Fletcher is a champion of the written word. Inspired by her favourite book, Possession by AS Byatt, ...

The extent to which Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) compliance is monitored has been an area of debate for many years. Between 2001-2011 the enhancement led audit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) placed less emphasis on institutional compliance with ...

The last 25 years have been marked by huge changes in funding, administration, culture and more; and Campus Review has dutifully and accessibly covered it all. It was my pleasure in August 1991 to contribute to the first issue of ...

The federal government lays VET FEE-HELP’s failure at Labor’s feet, conveniently ignoring its own policy shortcomings since 2013. What does a government do when the whole country knows its policy has failed? In the case of the current federal government ...

While in Beijing for the 2016 Australia Week in China, the University of New South Wales announced a new $100 science and technology incubator will be built at the school's Kensington campus. Of this funding, $30 million will come from ...

More than 50 teams representing countries throughout South-east Asia will descend on Homebush, in Sydney, this week for the FIRST Robotics Competition, a competition for high schoolers to test their STEM skills against international rivals. Although STEM skills are in ...

Recent Senate paper builds up reader expectations of a robust effort to reform VET – but the Coalition’s minority report shoots down those hopes. By John Mitchell A familiar experience: you start reading a new government report on the VET ...

Hard counter-terrorism responses to the Paris bombing risk neglecting de-radicalisation programs, which schools play a key role in, an expert has said. Hard responses include military action, increased securitisation, toughened legislative measures and clamping down with law enforcement. Nationals MP ...

The increasingly global, connected, and mobile nature of student expectations means modern universities must overhaul traditional education models while better leveraging technology, a US expert has told Australian university leaders. Addressing delegates at the Financial Review Higher Education Summit in ...