CAPA in the media
My Uni site to put heat on: Gillard
EDUCATION Minister Julia Gillard has admitted her plans to publish information about the performance of every university online will place pressure on vice-chancellors and academic staff.
A Foreign Despair
Food and the art of representation
I am what I eat.
The Crisis In Education Isn't Looming, It's Here
Thu, 2010-01-21 13:36 — Katya PechenkinaAustralian universities are hotbeds of managerialism, but a lack of oversight is hurting staff and students, writes Tammi Jonas
If it ever even was the case that universities were once "hotbeds of leftists", that time has well and truly passed.
Banking on a Ph.D. 'Ecosystem' to Drive New Economies
Special Report: International Education
As countries seek a route to economic recovery, many are looking to advanced education to give them a competitive edge in global research and development. Others, including the United States, are cutting back, a cost-saving strategy that some economists warn could have serious consequences down the road.
ERA results a rank tool for students
As the Australian Research Council prepares for the release of first results from the government's research performance exercise, university leaders said students would increasingly gravitate to highly ranked university schools.
Beware flaws in Melbourne model
Postgraduate students have an expectation that further study will give them an opportunity to test their skills, gain experience and begin building professional networks in their chosen field. Postgraduate courses are also an important means of developing a professional specialisation.
In addition, coursework postgraduate degrees are expected to play an important research training role, and be a mark of higher learning in their own right.