Learning in the clouds isn't as fantastical as it sounds. Passengers on Virgin Australia flights have been doing courses for just over a year via Open2Study. Now, 50,000 enrolments later, Open Universities Australia's free online course provider has taken stock of students' ...

Open Universities Australia, which offers online education, is broadening its offerings. In a self-styled Australian first, 118 postgraduate standalone units – or subjects – can now be completed. The higher education provider – an alliance between Monash, Curtin, Griffith, Macquarie, RMIT, ...