Most Australians support paying more tax to fix the nation’s scandal-plagued aged care system, a survey has revealed. The Australian National University study involved 3200 respondents, with 85.4 per cent backing an aged care improvement levy. “A third of those in favour, ...

The safe return of international students remains a key concern for Australian universities, despite several budget announcements that have been welcomed by the sector. Universities Australia (UA) said the assumed international border closures until mid-2022 pose significant challenges for Australia’s ...

A massive open online course (MOOC) promises to improve understanding of dementia on a global scale. In a paper published last month in Science of Learning, a partner journal of Nature, a research team from the University of Tasmania assessed ...

Universities are keen to work with the aged care sector to expand the number of placements on offer to health professional students. To meet this end, Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson said there needs to be increased supervision capacity ...

The University of Wollongong's new health and wellbeing precinct will include Australia's first patient-centred health clinic to offer aged care, retirement living, research facilities and teaching programs. Details about the plan released last week confirmed that Lendlease would lead the ...

Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the new national regulator of the vocational education and training sector. From January, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will scrutinise registered training organisations (RTOs) when they ...