By Peter Noonan. The issue of how universities are funded across their different courses has been an ongoing but unresolved debate over the past decade. More...

By Kelly E Matthews. Recent data – highlighted in the Grattan report Mapping Australian Higher Education 2016 – raised alarm bells about the employability of science graduates. More...

By Ranjit Goswami. Standardised curriculums adopted by many universities in India are not helping to raise students' academic outcomes. More...

By Gwilym Croucher. In the options paper for higher education released on budget night, the government proposed the idea of “flagship courses”, which would mean that universities would be allowed to set the fees for some of their courses. More...

By Claire Brown. Following the government’s decision to undertake consultations on how best to reform Australian higher education, one of the key areas up for debate is about how to create an effective university admissions system. More...

By Megan O'Connell. Universities historically exist as institutions for the creation and dispersion of knowledge. But today, many young people enter university solely to prepare for careers. More...

By Peter Noonan. Education Minister Simon Birmingham has foreshadowed further major changes to the troubled VET FEE-HELP loan scheme to rein in costs and tackle widespread abuse by unscrupulous providers. More...

By Michelle Grattan. The Abbott government has abandoned Labor’s plan for a A$2000 cap on the amount people can claim for self-education expenses. More...

By Bella Counihan. The government has appointed former Howard government education minister David Kemp and leading education academic Andrew Norton to review the demand driven funding system for higher education. More...

By Bella Counihan. New research claims genetics play an important role in the exam results of British teenagers, even more important than their home life or their teachers. More...