The Australian National University has decided not to use mass redundancies to save $40 million, although vice-chancellor Professor Ian Young has said some redundancies may still be necessary in the future.  The National Tertiary Education Union welcomed the decision and ...

Suggestions that lowering university entry scores will result in a reduction in academic standards are wrong, say the vice-chancellors of the two universities that have seen the greatest increase in students from low socio-economic backgrounds in the past three years. ...

International education has the power to alter history and sway governments – but only if you do it the right way, says one of the world’s leading international relations theorists. Harvard professor Joseph Nye was in Sydney last month to launch ...

Under the theme Being TEQSA Ready in preparation for monitoring and enforcement of the new Higher Education Standards Framework, previous articles in this series have focused on risk management, the challenges of harmonising multiple layers of regulation and the need ...

A PhD is fine for arts and science lecturers but law students need to be taught by experienced practitioners, as well as academics, writes Lee Stuesser. The great American judge Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The life of the law has ...

With the greying population, universities are finding they need to adapt their nursing and medical courses.   Whether you are a nursing, medical or paramedic student at the University of Tasmania, you can’t complete your studies without taking Perspectives on Ageing, ...

 Course facts and figures from teachers are not enough for many foreign students, it’s that little bit of extra ‘life’ support that can really help, writes Arfa Noor.  Friends and fellow students have often questioned my decision to start my ...

Australians need to address their language deficiency in order to improve their prospects for international business according to a leading academic. Professor Krishna Sen, president of the Australasian Council of C (DASSH) believes poor language skills, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, ...

Senior researchers from around the country will help  junior colleagues at regional universities get a grip on  research, as part of a year-long early career program. The Regional Universities Network (RUN), which is running the program, says it is the ...

Governments are sending unclear and contradictory messages to teachers, a leading researcher tells John Mitchell. COAG decisions on VET funding arrangements are of secondary importance compared with the future quality of teaching across the sector. Funding arrangements are simply a ...