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Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan’s $80-million pledge for “performance-based” university funding will have many “unforeseeable”, “perverse” and “unintended” consequences for Australia’s higher education sector, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has warned. NTEU president Alison Barnes said: “The creation of ...

Education consistently rates as Australia’s third largest export, representing eight per cent of the nation’s international exports by value, and adding $32.5 billion to our economy last year.1 While China has continued to represent the top source of this income, ...

The University of Queensland plans to offer an extended major in Western Civilisation as soon as next year following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation. In signing the MOU, UQ’s chancellor and vice-chancellor, ...

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be given an honorary doctorate from a Victorian university in front of thousands of fans. La Trobe University will recognise his efforts to support women and underprivileged children – along with his Bollywood achievements ...

Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and populist commentators? We ...

Curtin Singapore is celebrating after topping the rankings of employment outcomes among Singapore institutions in a recent survey. The Private Education Graduate Employment Survey ranked the university first in employability for the second year in a row, with graduates enjoying ...

Crime shows – be they fiction or true – are some of the world’s most popular television programs, frequently devoured by a wide range of audiences. There are no shortage of options when it comes to choosing your favourite series, ...

Unlike banks such as Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), failing UK universities won't have it easy if they're near collapse. Announcing this at Wonkfest – a higher education festival in London – Sir Michael Barber, the head of the ...

A bookish adolescent who ended school at year 9 but grew up in a home with large library is likely to be just as literate as a university graduate whose home lacked books. That’s according to a new study that ...

Eniola David Ibraheem, the second of four children, hails from Nigeria. He initially studied international law and diplomacy, and worked as a mediator in his home country. Now, as a Masters in Social Work student at Monash University, he could ...