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Report on cloud computing potential and an online campus for geoscientists make the news.

Major changes to students visas gives sector certainty.

Universities happy with sweeping changes to visa rules for students but TAFEs and private providers cry foul on limitations they face.

Department defends approach to public consultation on qualifications standards.

Objective measurements, while valuable, do not capture the entire “variance” or “look and feel” or “performance” of a University writes Paul W Thurman.

For some, reflecting on issues then and now, there was a strong sense of déjà vu – funding problems, research pressures, student/teacher ratios, unsettled governance and uncertainty about the future. Yet, like revisiting the town in which you grew up, ...

More on Over to You  Professor Sandra Harding, vice-chancellor of James Cook University predicted life in universities, for those at the coal-face and for those in leadership and management roles, would be challenging, profoundly rewarding – “and not for the faint-hearted”. ...

A handbook on academic leadership with case studies from across the sector is being produced by a team of high-profile academics with the help of a $219,000 grant. The handbook is a capstone project, drawing together lessons from all the ...

The president of the ACE NSW, Dr Frederick Osman, said the award acknowledges an outstanding contribution by a journalist to the field of education. Education Review is the leading magazine for primary and secondary teachers and principals in Australia and ...

The recommendation was contained in a report commissioned by the ACT government and conducted by Professor Denise Bradley and made public last week. There will now be an eight weeks public consultation process before the ACT government makes a decision. The ...