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If universities are to take student retention seriously, the first-year experience must change, says Vincent Tinto. Many universities in the US speak of the importance of increasing student retention. Indeed, quite a few invest substantial resources in programs designed to ...

The Bradley review fails to provide a framework of a higher education system that nurtures excellence and promotes diversity while encouraging access and equity, says Frederick G Hilmer. Australian universities warmly welcomed the Rudd Government’s commitment to an education revolution ...

With apprentices losing their jobs as the economy declines, the federal government has stepped in with a $145.6 million package to encourage employers to take them on again. ‘Securing Apprenticeships’ offers employers and group training organisations incentives of up to ...

The international arrivals hall at Melbourne airport last week was populated with people wearing red shirts and big smiles. Their job was to greet some of the 20,000 students expected to pass through its doors last week. The welcoming crew ...

Innovation minister Kim Carr last week announced the new fellowship for senior indigenous researchers would be available from next January, fulfilling a commitment he made last July. The fellowship will be available to indigenous Australian academics who obtained their PhDs ...

In the early stages of major transformation, the 112-year-old Avondale College is a small institution with big ambitions. A recent visit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency found that the Christian college was grappling with structural change, including improving its ...

The government should immediately implement the key Bradley review recommendations to increase funding for teaching, research and student income support, according to the peak university body. While more discussion is needed on fine policy detail, this shouldn’t prevent the government ...

Employment prospects for graduates are getting tougher as the economic crisis bites, with no improvement in the situation likely until well into 2010. Nearly 60 per cent of respondents to a Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) survey of 306 graduate employers ...

“Thank you for the opportunity to meet with you on 27 January to discuss the government’s response to the Bradley review. Universities Australia remains strongly supportive of the review and the overall direction of its recommendations,” UA’s chair Professor Richard ...

EIF to provide economic stimulus The second round of the Education Investment Fund opened last week, with barely a fortnight allowed for eligible higher education and VET providers and research institutions to submit applications, which are due by 2 March. ...