The Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW has released a report calling for the highly controversial National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) to be ditched, not merely redesigned or tweaked. NAPLAN testing, which ended on Thursday and involved ...

The safe return of international students remains a key concern for Australian universities, despite several budget announcements that have been welcomed by the sector. Universities Australia (UA) said the assumed international border closures until mid-2022 pose significant challenges for Australia’s ...

The peak body for Australia’s 39 public universities has released 12 initiatives ahead of Tuesday’s federal budget, including prioritising the return of international students and the provision of HELP-style loans for micro-credentials. Universities Australia (UA) CEO Catriona Jackson said the ...

Academics have voiced concerns that Turnitin’s proposal to buy competitor Ouriginal would give the company a near monopoly of the anti-plagiarism market, reducing diversity and giving the company a “treasure trove of data”.  Ouriginial is a Stockholm-based company that formed ...

He’s the author of Testing 1, 2,3: What Australian education can learn from Finland, and this month teacher, writer and tragic Midnight Oil fan Michael Lawrence joined lecturers from Finland's Tampere University of Applied Sciences via video link to take ...

The Morrison government will provide than $50 million of targeted support for international student providers that have been worst affected by the pandemic border closures.  The new measures wIll assist thousands of both domestic and international students, as well as ...

Wednesday was World Day for Safety and Health at Work, a time when many might think about the importance of safe work procedures and life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE). But according to research from UniSA, the most significant risks for ...

Australia’s top-ranked university has joined the list of institutions hit hard by plunging revenue, with The Australian National University recording a $162.4 million operating deficit for 2020.  Vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt released the 2020 financial results on Friday, with the ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Episode 25 v3 In this episode of HEDx, Brigid Heywood outlines her journey into the role of VC and CEO at Australia's oldest regional university in New England before she was plucked from a planned ...

Monash University is a step closer to opening its campus in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a formal agreement now in place to develop institutional and research ties between the two countries. The university signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indonesia's ministry ...