Alan Tudge has been asked to stand aside while serious allegations raised by a former staff member are investigated. The Education Minister went public with his extramarital affair with former staffer Rachelle Miller last year. But on Thursday, Miller came forward with ...

The federal minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has painted Australian education as a system in serious decline in a speech to the conservative think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). Tudge tore into the current crop of teachers, telling ...

Australian higher education students will be afforded more choice after one new university and three university colleges were approved by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA). The NSW-based Avondale University College will be Australia’s first new university in ...

Paul Jeans has been reappointed as the chancellor of the University of Newcastle, following a backlash against former deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile’s appointment and his decision to stand down.  University council members made the decision yesterday. Reflecting on the ...

Federal education minister Alan Tudge used a speech given today at RMIT to urge a rethink of Australia’s international education strategy and call on universities to develop more online courses to attract international students from untapped markets. Tudge’s speech discussed ...

Three of Australia’s teacher education experts have questioned statements made by education minister Alan Tudge that a review is needed into initial teacher education (ITE) courses and that some beginning teachers are not equipped for the classroom because they are ...

Several of the higher education sector’s peak bodies and groups have welcomed the government’s wish to bring higher social and economic benefits to the country by ramping up the commercialisation of Australian research.  In a consultation paper released last week, ...

The Prime Minister has defended his decision to promote Alan Tudge to the position of Education and Youth Minister last week as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Scott Morrison said Tudge, whose affair with a female staffer was aired on ...