Many fear our ageing population will place intergenerational stress on the economy. I see a more positive scenario, where a growing cohort of motivated senior citizens remain valued and productive members of society through their creative use of digital technologies. ...

This week on Talking Eds, I am joined by Campus Review and Education Review editor James Wells and Early Learning Review editor Loren Smith to chat about four interesting stories that made the news this week. Updating Shakespeare for the ...

We are rooting out the unscrupulous operators but government must also do its bit for equitable higher education. As Labor announced its policy promising more apprenticeships through federally funded infrastructure projects, it’s important to remember that it was apprentices and ...

In the past decade, Australia has been successful in expanding the number of students from low socioeconomic status (SES) enrolling in tertiary education. The 2008 Bradley review into Australian higher education highlighted the critical need to expand tertiary educational opportunities ...

All that collected information won’t help with the learning and teaching if it’s not measuring the right indicators. Universities around the world face increasing scrutiny, in response to rising costs and the demand that they differentiate themselves from their competitors. ...

A national report on the effectiveness of reform politely reveals numerous policy failings. As a consultant in VET for the last 24 years, engaged by many government clients, I have often seen examples of game-playing by those clients. For instance, ...

Diversity is an oft-used, and possibly overused, word in higher education – diversity of our students, diversity of our staff, diversity of our institutions and diversity of our missions – but what does a diverse system look like? Within a ...

This is a transcript of a speech delivered by professor Brian Schmidt, the Australian National University's vice-chancellor, at the launch of the 2016 Crawford Australian Leadership Forum.  An innovative nation is one that readies itself for challenges not yet imagined. ...

Administration is more centralised and teaching staff are more casualised; the modern university can be a tough place for an academic. Just what has happened to our universities? They are no longer what they once were and there is little ...

If federal public policymakers lack the knowledge and in-house experience related to VET, how can they address its problems? If you have spent the last 40 years in the vocational education sector, like I have, you will be used to ...