The advanced business degree has been criticised in the past for being too theoretical but recent changes are pleasing the corporate world. For a long time master of business administration (MBA) courses have been criticised for turning out graduates who ...

The latest course to be offered by the University of Edinburgh is a little out of this world Charles Cockell, a professor of astrobiology, is set to teach a free online course called Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life ...

The Solomon Islands Government has announced plans to open a university within 12 months. A bill to turn the Solomon Islands College of High Education into a national university will be discussed in the next parliamentary sitting. Prime Minister Gordon ...

A study has found that the techniques used to prepare professionals such as lawyers and engineers can help to develop methods to train school teachers. . While president of the Carnegie Foundation in the US from 1997 to 2008, Professor ...

A national framework for proficiency has been set after consultation between universities, government and industry.  The level of students’ English language proficiency, as they enter university, the quality of their academic language skills and their work-ready communication skills have all ...

Three academics have been recognised for their work in teaching and learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building (DAB) introduced the awards to recognise the pedagogical skills across the faculty and to raise ...

To help students from low socio-economic backgrounds do their best universities need to engage with them and their teachers rather than act when it is too late, writes Marcia Devlin. Students from low socio-economic status (LSES) backgrounds are entering Australian ...

 Allowing teachers to be educated in practical wisdom will benefit students and society, writes Neil Hooley.  Much of the debate these days regarding schooling, teaching and learning takes place within a political and economic context that assumes its imperatives can ...

Highly qualified and experienced academics enrich legal education, writes Patrick Keyzer.  In the April 30 edition of Campus Review, Professor Lee Stuesser, who has recently been appointed Foundation Dean at Lakehead University in Canada, wrote an article in which he ...

A carbon management course developed in 2010 for the waste management industry has been successfully adapted as a VET program for schools. The Certificate III in Carbon Management was developed by Sandhurst Catholic Education Office (CEO), north of Melbourne, in ...