The process of reform must continue for the sake of all Australian students, the Council of Private Higher Education chief said. In commenting on the federal Government’s continued pursuit of higher education reforms COPHE CEO Adrian McComb said reform is ...

In an exclusive interview, education editor Antonia Maiolo spoke to Joanne Wright, deputy vice-chancellor (academic) at the University of Queensland who joined a panel at the recent Universities Australia conference to discuss the new competitive market within the sector.

Commenting on the decision by Parliament to reject a second higher education reform package, Michael Spence, vice-chancellor at the University of Sydney, said Australia needs to find a solution to chronic underfunding for the system. “As somebody who's been supporting these reforms, ...

University leaders are welcoming the opportunity for a genuine conversation about the future of funding in the sector, despite many expressing disappointment at the Coalition’s repeated failure to pass its deregulation reforms. Following the latest Senate vote, Universities Australia chief executive Belinda ...

In an exclusive interview, education editor Antonia Maiolo spoke to Harry Rolf, president of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, who joined a panel at the recent Universities Australia conference to discuss higher education reforms and what they could mean for ...

The federal government has offered to split its higher-education reform bill in a move that would see the proposed 20 per cent cut in funding for the Commonwealth Grants Scheme deferred for future debate while funding of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure ...

By Rose Steele and Harry Rolf. Australia’s greatest resource is its people. In 2008, the findings of the Bradley Review gave us a strong blueprint for making the most of that resource.  In addition to recommending a ten per cent increase ...

A future Labor government would seek to reinstate some form of contract based arrangements with universities to help target workforce shortages in industries of need, a national higher education forum has been told. Speaking at the Universities Australia 2015 conference ...

The nation's top universities have used paid advertisements to describe as "dumb" the Abbott Government's decision to link research funding to fee deregulation. Go8 universities – which include the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland ...

UPDATED: Students will pay more in a deregulated university system but the father of HECS says government can limit how much. Professor Bruce Chapman has suggested a system where government subsidies taper off if universities lift fees past a certain ...