SAVINGS MEASURES Higher Education Reform — deregulation shelved, funding cuts delayed to 2018 As explained in the budget papers regarding the government's deregulation reforms that were twice rejected by the senate: "The government will delay the implementation of the higher education reforms ...

We welcome your feedback  and comments, via email, Twitter or the comments box below. 4:32pm Professor Eeva Leinonen, Murdoch University's vice-chancellor, said her university will continue to help disadvantaged students despite the 20 per cent cut to HEPP. Despite #budget2016 ...

The federal government is discussing capping the prices of vocational courses offered through VET FEE-HELP. This is one of the options tabled in a discussion paper the federal skills minister, Scott Ryan, released today. It read: “Recognising course costs are often unreflective of ...

Determining the local economic impact of international students in most areas of Australia is nigh impossible because the data is a mess, an expert argued. In a study soon to be published in the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, professor ...

A group of students got naked and took to the rooftops to call for their university to drop fossil fuel "ass-ets". Others got a meeting with their vice-chancellor, and some were questioning institutional thought leadership. It was all in a week's work ...

The University of New South Wales’s Torch Innovation Precinct demonstrates how much of a mistake it would be for the federal government to carry on with predicted budget cuts and not invest in higher education, UNSW’s vice-chancellor has warned. Professor Ian Jacobs ...

A uni chief describes the bonus ATAR points scheme offered by the four West Australian public universities as a 'carrot' to incentivise senior high school students into taking harder maths subjects. The University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Curtin ...

The Go8 has today released an ATAR Transparency policy that it hopes will add clarity to the ongoing debate around university admissions, while reaffirming its support for the system. "We are committed to the Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking (ATAR) as ...

Activists have organised student protests across seven university campuses that will go ahead if these institutions fail to commit to full fossil fuel divestment by the end of this week. Friday, April 15, is the deadline climate activists 350.org have set ...

The top public servant in New South Wales refugee resettlement and recently re-installed Western Sydney University chancellor said the 20 per cent federal government cut to universities would not impede his institution’s efforts to give refugees accessible higher education. Professor Peter Shergold, ...