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The system requires greater institutional diversity to remain competitive and serve its students. By Tim Brailsford. The recent federal Budget foreshadows major reform of the Australian higher education sector. If the proposed measures are passed into legislation, more students will ...

Regional TAFE institute’s plans for growth and adaptation give energetic new meaning to ‘a little R&R’. By Kerry Penton. My institute has 19 campuses spread across 154,000 square kilometres and I’m passionate about engaging local people to hear firsthand the ...

Despite different spellings, scull and skull can express the same meaning when – as verbs – they take a beer or two as their grammatical object. They are variants of skol, the Scandinavian toast used by English-speaking drinkers everywhere who ...

Writer, director and producer Robert Connolly has been appointed adjunct professor media at RMIT University. Connolly is one of Australia’s most highly regarded writing, directing and producing talents, with credits including The Bank, The Boys, Three Dollars, Balibo, Underground: The ...

Victoria University has elected Dr Susan Alberti as the new chair of the Victoria University Foundation. VU vice-chancellor professor Peter Dawkins said, “Dr Alberti has been a director of the Victoria University Foundation for a number of years. “She takes ...

Dr Jane Wilson has been announced as the University of Queensland’s new deputy chancellor. The 22-member UQ Senate elected Wilson to the position on February 27. Her term will run from 2014 to 2017. The appointment follows the retirement of ...

Southern Cross University has announced Nick Burton Taylor its chancellor. Burton Taylor is a successful businessman with a strong interest in agriculture and regional and small business. His longstanding commitment to rural communities includes his role as founding chairman of ...

Monash University announced the appointment of professor Aibing Yu as pro vice-chancellor and president of its new Monash University-Southeast University Joint Research Institute in Suzhou, China. Professor Yu joins Monash from the University of New South Wales, where he is ...

A globally renowned foreign policy, human rights and international relations scholar has officially joined UQ as executive dean of the faculty of humanities and social sciences (HASS). Professor Tim Dunne has more than 20 years of experience as a researcher, educator ...

Advanced degrees just keep gaining in popularity and there is evidence they still help job prospects – for now. By Dallas Bastian. There has been huge growth in the number of people undertaking postgraduate studies as bachelor’s degrees lose value ...