Hundreds of international medical students could miss out on internships when they graduate next year due to a “tsunami” of domestic graduates and a shortage of clinical places. A report on the impact of international medical students on Australia’s workforce ...

The Australian Academy of Science has opened applications for its 2013 round of awards, including career and early career researcher awards, travelling fellowships, research bursaries and conference support. More than $200,000 will be awarded in honorific awards recognising outstanding work ...

Student organisations at several universities are still in negotiations with management over the allocation of money raised under the Student Services Amenities Fee, with some groups concerned they will receive no money at all. NUS president Donherra Walmsley said Swinburne ...

The University of Sydney faced Fair Work Australia on Friday, after the National Tertiary Education Union took it to the industrial relations tribunal over proposed mass redundancies. The case was deferred to today by adjudicator Senior Deputy President Lea Drake, ...

Victoria’s Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall has accused a union of making misleading claims about job losses at TAFEs during a series of rallies at rural and regional institutions. Hall said the Australian Education Union (AEU) statement that ...

International students in Australia should enjoy the same rights to access public healthcare as citizens, says University of Queensland deputy vice-chancellor (international) Dr Anna Ciccarelli. Ciccarelli told Campus Review she supported international students who were fighting a controversial Queensland government ...

The Regional Universities Network (RUN) launched its new website last week, the latest move from an organisation that only formed in October last year but which is rapidly gaining ground. The website will present both a united public face for ...

The federal government’s Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), is being complemented by a $5.1 million trial involving high-speed connectivity available through the national broadband network (NBN), designed to enable new arrivals in widely dispersed locations to participate in virtual English ...

Three Australian universities have ranked in the top 50 of the world’s best universities by reputation. In the inaugural reputation rankings last year the University of Melbourne was the only one in Australia to make the top 50, it was ranked ...

There is still work to be done in aligning practice requirements of professional healthcare bodies and the higher education standards needed to receive a degree. Many qualifications require accreditation by professional bodies and the advent of TEQSA and in particular the ...