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A new report shows that to simply maintain current participation rates in higher education and VET, both sectors will need rapid enrollment growth throughout the coming years. Participation rates, in this context, refers to the proportion of people who are either ...

Two higher education policy heavyweights have found unlikely common ground. HECS architect Bruce Chapman and the Grattan Institute’s Andrew Norton have agreed that the tertiary student loan threshold could be lowered. Norton, Grattan Institute higher education program director, is pushing ...

Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel has jokingly cited his having “being born with the science gene” as a key factor behind his election as a fellow by the Australian Academy of Science. AAS’s election citation – released with a list ...

Doltone House in Sydney played host to FUTUREPROOF 2016, a meeting of higher education minds to debate and discuss the major issues affecting the Australian university and VET sectors. Speakers including VCs Barney Glover and Peter Coaldrake, Senator Kim Carr, ...

Brain scientists have isolated 74 genes linked to high educational attainment, though they say getting top marks may simply be a by-product. The research, published in the journal Nature, found these genes have a role in the brain’s development of neurons ...

Dropbox has expanded its business-to-business branch, launching Dropbox Education. Charlie Wood, country manager of Dropbox Australia and New Zealand, said, overall, this product is similar to Dropbox Business, there are tweaks to attract education staff to the product. “Dropbox Education ...