With less individual choice, the decision about VET or university is made easier in China but like us they are still hung up about status, writes Stuart Middleton. As I promised, I write again partly from China, partly from an ...

The second Education Quality Survey run by the National Union of Students will track the impact of deregulation on Australia’s undergraduates. The survey, which was run for the first time in 2010, is to be conducted biennially across all university ...

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 ...

The head of a new research centre says the University of Queensland is not prepared to stand by and just watch as a new energy source is developed. Susan Woodward reports. Global energy demands are skyrocketing and the University of ...

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 ...

About 73,000 people visited MyUniversity in the first two weeks after its April 3 launch, with the University of Sydney capturing the most interest on the comparative website. Figures provided by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education ...

Professor S. Bruce Dowton has been appointed the next vice-chancellor and president of Macquarie University. He succeeds Professor Steven Schwartz who has led the north-western Sydney university for six years. Dowton is currently clinical professor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical ...

The Australian government has advised universities and TAFE colleges to consider compassionate or compelling grounds for Iranian students being crippled by sanctions against their home country. Australian Education International released an online fact sheet on Wednesday for the students and ...

Some healthcare leaders argue that undergraduates need an extra year of study? Three experienced nurses share their views.  Nursing is a four-year program in many parts of the world but remains a three-year undergraduate degree in Australia and New Zealand. ...