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What can TAFE colleges learn from the business models of private providers, asks John Mitchell. What do you get when you appoint as TAFE institute director someone with only six years experience in TAFE, following previous appointments as marketing manager ...

Universities are in a powerful position to promote and protect cultural diversity, writes Alan Robson. Many of the best universities in the world recognise that the education of all students is enhanced when teaching and learning is undertaken within a ...

While Victorian police say attacks on Indian students are opportunistic crimes by hoodlums on the hunt for laptops and MP3s, commissioner Simon Overlander concedes there’s been a racist element to some of the incidents. But it’s far from clear whether ...

Australia’s young scientist of the year is setting new standards for women in her discipline, reports Jeremy Gilling. Tanya Monro has already carved a path as Adelaide University’s first female physics professor in its 135-year history. Last week, one of ...

Joseph Gora has some suggestions for converting the unread and the unreadable into something to behold. The unit information guide (UIG), or its simpler derivative, the unit guide, is a document imbued with great significance in the wacky world of ...

From pre-awareness to bequest, Melbourne Business School may have one of the most sophisticated CRM systems in higher education. But it hasn’t all been a bed of roses, writes Beverley Head. With the capacity to manage the relationship with individuals ...

The future of Australia’s international education industry is hard to call – just like the global economy itself. But reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, writes John Ross. Australia’s international education industry is about to boom or bust, depending ...

Australian universities need to look within for agents of change. But they also need to externalise their view of the world by benchmarking different aspects of their operations from outside higher education. In a plenary session of an Australian Learning ...