FIRST DEAN FOR NEW FLINDERS COLLEGE Professor Alison Kitson is Flinders University’s inaugural vice- president and executive dean of its new College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joins Flinders after heading up the University of Adelaide’s nursing school. Flinders ...

How higher education institutes and organisations can get the best results from one another. One of the most profound shifts of the past 15 years is how the world of work is viewed by our younger generations. After finishing their ...

Concerning new figures show that at least 68 per cent of academic staff have suspected students of cheating at university level. A survey of 15,000 students found that only six per cent admitted to cheating, but academics say these figures ...

Universities are being urged to make the move towards informal learning spaces, as case studies reveal the environments that most benefit student studies. Architecture firm Hassell recently conducted the 'Not Lazing, Learning' study with a number of universities that had ...

Australian author and Booker Prize winner Thomas Kenneally has been awarded the honorary title of Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow at the University of South Australia. The three-year Fellowship will see the award-winning novelist host masterclasses at UniSA from 2018, and share ...

UNSW BOLSTERS EXTERNAL RELATIONS Former Sydney Morning Herald editor-in-chief Darren Goodsir and M&C Saatchi group operations director Amir Mireskandari have been hired by the University of New South Wales external relations leadership team. Goodsir joins UNSW after leading the transition ...

This year's Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit, held at USYD, did not solely focus on education. Crucially, careers also got a look-in, as graduate jobs likely remain hard to come by. USYD's vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence AC directly tackled this ...

RMIT is the latest university to add its voice to the 'yes' vote for same-sex marriage. Vice-chancellor Martin Bean issued an unequivocal statement in this regard: "RMIT University proudly supports marriage equality and believes it’s a basic right that people, ...

VicHealth and Victoria University want college students to drink in moderation, and what better modern way to attempt this than with an app? The students, from four unnamed residential university colleges in Melbourne, were chosen as easy-access candidates for a ...

Fresh honour for Robert French The Honourable Robert French has been appointed the 15th chancellor of the University of Western Australia. French was most recently the chief justice of the High Court of Australia. French will succeed Dr Michael Chaney, ...