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Internationalisation is about all students, not just international ones, writes Sophie Arkoudis. The experience of international students in Australia has received bad press recently. The spotlight has been firmly trained on a perceived lack of English language proficiency, matters of ...

Having collected a couple of green stars in primary school, Joseph Gora understands the importance of peer recognition. When I was a snotty-nosed little upstart at primary school in the heady 60s, our assignments were graded by less-than-diligent teachers with ...

Technology is has the power to change higher education, but only the brave will venture there, says Paul Duldig In the wake of the Bradley and Cutler reviews, a great deal of debate has taken place about government policy and ...

The future of tertiary admissions is already emerging, writes Deborah Terrya break from the rigid tradition that required them to apply by 30 September – and then wait until January to hear about an offer. We have also introduced progressive ...

Why are secondary school students so positive about VET, asks John Mitchell. Some experienced practitioners have long held the view that VET programs in schools are token gestures delivered by bored geography teachers who have no knowledge of the world ...

Universities hold the upper hand when determining eligible students and in the process keeping TAFE guessing, writes Sylvia Whitmore. While the TAFE sector’s initial reaction to the Bradley higher education reforms has been largely one of enthusiasm, there is increasing ...

College’s collapse leaves 61 stranded Another private training college in Victoria has collapsed, leaving scores of Australian students in limbo and raising fears that problems in international education have spread to colleges that teach local students, reports The Age. The College ...

New dean of science for UNSW Professor Merlin Crossley has been appointed dean of science at UNSW. Crossley is currently professor of molecular genetics at the University of Sydney. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and following a post-doctoral period ...

Even with its endowment funds in freefall, Sydney University is looking to invest in the future, writes Ben Powerf measures to pare spending by $30 million this financial year after being hit by investment losses in 2008. The measures include ...

Sudhir Venkatesh was a first-year PhD student in sociology, when he decided to take his research on life in the housing projects of Chicago to another level. Over the course of a decade, Venkatesh embedded himself in the lives of ...