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The great challenge posed by the government’s draft policy framework for higher education is to construct an architecture in which to resurrect the principle that universities build nations by cultivating fine minds, writes Jennifer Oriel. Just when the press had ...

PPP graduates are more likely to find work, but they are also more likely to be looking for work in the first place. Previously unemployed graduates of the federal government’s $7 billion Productivity Places Program (PPP) are 9 per cent ...

What bright ideas will help TAFE staff develop new capabilities, asks John Mitchell. With mounting pressure on TAFEs to increase their ability to make money, in the future many more TAFE staff may be rated by their potential to generate ...

Walker to quit Deakin appointed deputy director with responsibility for education and Professor Andrew Leigh has been appointed deputy director with responsibility for research. New Curtin PVC for humanities Curtin University has appointed Professor Majella Franzmann as the pro vice-chancellor ...

Flexibility and industry involvement is delivering results for a Queensland commerce degree Work-readiness is the buzz-word across a range of disciplines. But how to achieve it is the very real challenge facing universities across the country. Now industry involvement and ...

A program at UTS is improving economic students’ analytical writing skills, writes Fiona Livy. “Students don’t necessarily arrive at university with academic writing skills, but these are skills that can be taught,” says Kerry Hunter, lecturer with UTS’s ELSSA Centre. ...

Immersive dramatic techniques are challenging assumptions about how to teach business, writes Linda Belardi. A student in the role of a marketing consultant prepares for a briefing with the CEO of a leading tourism firm. The client is demanding and ...

It’s been a big year in tertiary education. Or has it? We asked the experts to highlight the highlights. By John Ross. How will educational historians judge 2009? The Year of the Seamless Sector? The Year of Social Inclusion? The ...

Online intro Five assurance schemes may be rolled into one, under reforms being considered by the Baird Review. Consumer protection mechanisms for international students whose colleges go bust could be rolled into a single assurance scheme under changes being considered ...