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Professor Andrew Parfitt has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor (academic) at the University of Newcastle. Parfitt is currently pro vice-chancellor and vice-president of the Faculty of IT, Engineering and the Environment at the University of South Australia, a position he has ...

Associate deans and other faculty leaders are important in the disciplined approach to implementing and assessing academic programs. By Jonathan Holmes and Mark Freeman. No one would seriously argue that disciplines shouldn’t be the main driver of learning standards used ...

With the greying population, universities are finding they need to adapt their nursing and medical courses.   Whether you are a nursing, medical or paramedic student at the University of Tasmania, you can’t complete your studies without taking Perspectives on Ageing, ...

 The now welcome arrival of TEQSA on the beat has come about because the government was prepared to listen to those who work in the sector. In the annals of political discourse, the debate that tracked the formation of a ...

Making a Difference is a collaborative industry initiative mooted more than five years ago and produced with support from all universities and other educational institutions, government and industry-related organisations. The International Education Association of Australia provided a secretariat for the ...

Despite numerous reviews, taskforces and summits, including a so-called education revolution, critical problems persist.  So what’s changed? Certainly not government attitudes to funding with universities bracing for the onslaught of uncapped Commonwealth-supported places and Australia still struggling in just about ...

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. ...

Professor Roger Slee has been appointed inaugural director of the Institute of Diversity, Educational Access and Success at Victoria University. He has a long and impressive record of research in education. His research interests over the years have concerned education ...

The devil is in the detail as universities pursue changes to draft TEQSA law Australia’s universities have pledged to battle on to have self-accreditation enshrined in the primary legislation setting up the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Legislation, ...

Plans for new affordable accommodation for needy students at one Sydney university have been cancelled because of recent federal funding cuts.quo; needs as well as availability of accommodation including whether it was university managed, in partnership or privately managed. UA ...