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Are student complaints an indication of underlying problems? Or are they the inevitable result of a user-pays/user-says system, asks Joseph Gora. “I have received a number of complaints from students saying that you have not been contactable in person or ...

Industry bodies must not be sidelined from the efforts to resolve international education’s problems, writes Dennis Murray. Governments are nothing if not reactive. Not a day goes by without a new decision or initiative or overseas peacemaking visit announced by ...

New taskforce to plan workforce needs for resource projects The federal government has formed a ‘national resource sector employment taskforce’ to examine workforce needs for about 80 major resource projects anticipated over the next decade. The taskforce – which will ...

Is raising the school leaving age an important policy change, asks John Mitchell. Many people in the tertiary sector seem mesmerised by the recommendation in the Bradley review and supported by the federal government that the percentage of people with ...

No financial worries for top Chinese universities While western universities struggle with collapsing endowments, China’s top universities are stronger than ever. Hao Ping, China’s vice-minister of education, said that in 2007 the 34 Chinese universities identified as the frontrunners of ...

Fears that transnational education (TNE) could swamp onshore enrolments are unfounded, new research to be presented at this week’s Australian International Education Conference suggests. While the number of students enrolled in transnational programs in Australian universities reached an all time ...

Australia’s elite universities are all back in the top 100 in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings. But the current threats to international student recruitment could also jeopardise the country’s rankings in the future. Australia maintained its third position ...

Cricket matches, Facebook and specially produced DVDs have all been drafted into frontline efforts aimed at ensuring the safety of international students in Melbourne, a conference will hear this week. Police and other experts working in the field say active, ...

Only 26 per cent of doctoral graduates working in Australia are in higher education, providing the sector with a large pool of potential future staff, according to a new study into the academic profession. However, PhDs will be drawn back ...

Skills Australia has called for a new approach to workforce development that restricts planning to occupations at high risk of market failure, and ensures that acquired skills end up getting used. In a discussion paper and supporting reports released last ...