By now, you well know that the former education minster's use of an arcane piece of legislation has caused furore among academics. Simon Birmingham's unannounced, unexplained veto of several research grants, all conferred to humanities researchers, has raised doubts about ...

He was in charge of grading, but now, the public has the scorecard. With Simon Birmingham's departure from the Education Ministership, it's possible to weigh up his tenure. For schools, will he get a Band One on some initiatives, and a Band ...

The son of a former state Liberal MP (his mother) and a past party vice-president (his father), Dan Tehan has politics in his veins. His rapid ascent – from local federal MP in 2010 to government front bencher in 2016 – ...

Every high school in Australia will have at least one specialist STEM teacher if a workforce strategy floated by Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham was to come to fruition and meet its goals. In a speech in Sydney, ...

Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has named four of six members of an expert panel charged with reviewing Australia’s Qualifications Framework (AQF). The panel was set up to examine changes in the nature of work and developments in ...

Fittingly, at the largest education event in the southern hemisphere, the foremost antipodean education official spoke. Simon Birmingham used his address to the vast EduTECH crowd to celebrate the education reforms of the past year. Yet while the Education Minister mainly ...

The federal government has appointed a new chair and five new members to the Higher Education Standards Panel, tasked with helping "maintain the quality and standards" of Australia's higher education system. Minister for education and training, Simon Birmingham, congratulated the new ...

New figures show that 2017 was indeed the year of the international student, with a record number of people seeking out Australia as their place of study. In a statement today, minister for education and training Simon Birmingham said the ...

The following is an extract from education minister Simon Birmingham's address at the 2018 Universities Australia Higher Education Conference, attended by Campus Review. The elephant in the room First and foremost, I figured today, ladies and gentlemen, we might as ...

The federal government has launched a national review of teacher registration to improve consistency and teacher quality across the country. Minister for education and training Simon Birmingham said the National Review of Teacher Registration had been endorsed by all states ...