Babies born this year who want to be doctors when they grow up could face a bill of more than $500,000 for their time at university, new modelling shows. That pricetag, in 2015 dollars, includes sharehouse rent during a six-year ...

The Dean of the University of Sydney Business School has called for a change in the business curriculum to tackle gender and ethnic inequalities in Australia. Professor Greg Whitwell said the topic of diversity should be a core part of ...

The UK Government has announced the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) as the sole English language testing provider for all visa categories. IELTS is now the only high-stakes English language proficiency test accepted across all the governments of the UK, ...

Academics are happiest when they can work without interruptions, like on weekends, a Charles Sturt University study of academic work practices has found. The research by CSU academics Dr Rod Duncan, Dr Kerry Tilbrook and associate professor Branka Krivokapik-Skoko, is ...

A new report is calling for an overhaul of the tertiary education system to address the funding disparities between higher education and vocational education and training. In the paper, Financing Tertiary Education in Australia, released yesterday by the Mitchell Institute ...

A twilight seminar series introduced this year by the University of the Sunshine Coast will help boost professional development of school teachers across the region. USC’s Education Partnerships and Professional Learning (EPPL) Office coordinator Dennis James said the seminar would ...

Australia must be cautious when it comes to introducing invasive school surveillance practices common in the UK and USA, a University of Adelaide criminologist has warned. Associate professor Andrew Hope said surveillance in schools can undermine privacy, erode trust, stigmatise ...

Prospective students can now check out how gay-friendly a university is with the launch of the first ever Australian LGBTI University Guide. Produced by the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) and the Star Observer, the guide rates universities ...

The proposed expansion of federal funding to include the private sector is too high a risk, NTEU president Jeannie Rea warned. “The latest evidence of widespread rorting and poor quality of qualifications delivered by private providers under Victoria’s fully contestable ...