By Damian Oliver and Serena Yu. Stories about abuses in Australian vocational education and training (VET) continue to appear some six months after the federal government announced reforms that were meant to clean up the sector. More...

By Danielle Romanes and Jordana Hunter. If you take a typical Australian classroom and line up the students by their current achievement levels, you will find a five- to six-year spread between the most and least advanced 10% of students. When students are being left behind the solution presented is often to hold them back a grade, making them repeat a year level. More...

By Misty Adoniou. The world is divided into three types of people. Those who can spell – and know it. Those who can’t spell – and are ashamed of it. Those who can’t spell – and pretend they don’t care. More...

By Robyn Tyler, Carolyn McKinney and Xolisa Guzula. Teaching science involves far more than someone simply standing with a few sheets of paper or a PowerPoint presentation while learners diligently take notes. Meaning is made in science through many forms of communication. More...

By Wim de Villiers. By 2030, if the United Nations has its way, poverty will be history. Nobody will wake up or go to bed hungry. Cities and communities will be sustainable. Quality education will be a reality for all. More...

By Walter Baets. If you ask people what they consider the world’s most prestigious business degree, most are likely to answer, “An MBA.” Indeed, the Master of Business Administration remains a hugely popular business degree and still impresses many employers. More...

By Anna Vignoles. A new study using big data has confirmed that those who complete university can expect to earn, on average, a decent premium for their degree. This alone won’t come as a shock – previous studies have shown that attending university pays off for most graduates. But my colleagues (Neil Shephard of Harvard University and Jack Britton of the Institute for Fiscal Studies) and I confirmed that this “graduate premium” is much higher for women than for men. More...

By Akanimo Odon. When an African university signs a memorandum of understanding, whether with a counterpart on the continent or one elsewhere in the world, there is great excitement. The university itself usually issues a statement celebrating this collaboration and glowing pieces often appear in local media. More...

Par Thierry Coulhon. Depuis 1980, la France a décroché 25 prix Nobel et médailles Fields – le Royaume-Uni 26, l’Allemagne et le Japon 17. Pourtant, le classement de Shanghaï offre depuis des années une réalité tout autre à la communauté internationale. Si, en 2014, le Royaume-Uni affiche 9 établissements dans les 100 premières places, dont deux aux dix premières, la France, elle, n’en affiche que 4, le premier pointant à la 36e place : elle fait à ce titre moins bien que le Japon et l’Allemagne qui en inscrivent autant, mais à de meilleurs rangs. Suite...

Par (William) John Morgan. Dans le domaine académique, les États-Unis continuent à dominer la liste des pays qui se sont vus attribuer des prix Nobel, selon un nouveau classement établi par le magazine Times Higher Education (THE), qui précise que les universitaires et les institutions Américaines ayant remporté les prestigieuses récompenses sont largement en tête. Suite...