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Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has committed to a “reset” of relations between government and universities, and promised more effort to boost the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, in a major speech on higher education.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on Australia’s education challenges.
Michelle Grattan speaks with New Education Minister Jason Clare as he finishes travelling the country taking soundings in the education sector.
Anthony Albanese is bringing in an outsider, former University of Melbourne 20-chancellor Glyn Davis to head his Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
A post-war funding crisis forced universities to take the initiative in making their case to the public. A new history explores how universities did it and the changes they brought about.
Australian universities have committed to a process of Indigenisation. The University of Tasmania provides a case study in how to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into academic programs.
Professor Deborah Terry AO speaks of the importance of university expertise, academic freedom, university collaborations with business and international education.
Activists have raised the issue of student sexual assault and harassment on campus for more than 30 years. It’s time students had a real say in how universities respond.
Universities Australia will on Tuesday launch a survey designed to shed light on student experiences of sexual assault and sexual harassment on campus.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham has flagged that the government is still committed to reconsidering the balance between what students and governments pay for higher education.
We need to think about education as an essential government responsibility requiring high levels of sustained investment over the long term, says Barney Glover.
With the higher education sector still in limbo about the government’s plans for it, Universities Australia is calling for certainty and warning of the damage done by the current vacuum.
Is Universities Australia right to say that new data shows that the growth in new university enrolments has flat-lined?
Universities Australia on Wednesday is releasing a pre-election blueprint calling for major investment in research and innovation.
Over recent weeks, some staff have written to vice-chancellors, urging them to reject the university deregulation measures advocated by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne. Public universities…
Universities Australia recently announced a joint initiative with business groups to get graduates “work ready” through vocational workplace training. This is to be welcomed but it is also to be questioned…
Universities Australia has announced an agreement with business groups to collaborate on vocational training to improve the employability of graduates. Universities Australia chair Sandra Harding made…
Universities spend $280 million a year on complying with federal and state government regulations and reporting requirements, according to a submission by Universities Australia to the Opposition’s deregulation…
The past week has been a tumultuous time for university education faculties. First the NSW government announced minimum entry requirements for teaching degrees, and then the federal government trumped…
What should universities expect from a Coalition government if Tony Abbott wins the September election? In his address to the Universities Australia conference in Canberra, the signals were fairly reassuring…
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Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University
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Dean of Education, The University of Melbourne
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