By Andrew MacDonald. The government’s new higher education reforms announced on 1 May 2017 mean a $2.8 billion cut to the level of public investment in higher education. At the centre of the government’s reforms are changes to the way Commonwealth supported students will be funded. More...
By Andrew MacDonald. During the Australian Universities: Selling Students Short? event, an expert panel will explore the implications of policy changes which include a $2.8 billion university funding cut in the form of an efficiency dividend and higher degree fees for students. More...
By Andrew MacDonald. Tonight’s federal budget confirmed that the Turnbull government intends to swindle students by charging them more while cutting teaching funding to universities, says the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...
By Terri Macdonald. The NTEU is pleased to share the following link to a University of Sunshine Coast research project entitled I am a woman and I work in academia: An international collection of female academics’ perspectives and experiences of their work. More...
By Jeannie Rea. The 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap 2016 released last Friday (12 May 2017 highlights the critical role that highly skilled research specialists), amongst other things, play in maintaining and developing Australia’s research capabilities. More...
Dual/Joint Programmes (JP) have been developed by higher education institutions (HEI) since the early 1990s. Today they are one of the main tools for the internationalisation of higher education in Europe. Most of the HEIs have a set of JPs in place, new ones are constantly created and funding at both the EU and the national level is becoming more common. Nevertheless, very little is known about the impact of these programmes on the future of the graduates both from the professional and from the personal point of view. More...
How often have you as an International Director focused your efforts on the practical issues and resources over which you have direct control, only to be thwarted by what you consider to be institutional bureaucracy and people who just don't get 'it'? It happens to us all. A key challenge is the extent to which it is possible to pursue internationalisation strategies within wider, and often competing, institutional priorities. More...
By . Much like the beautiful, coloured tile walls of our host city, the EAIE Seville 2017 programme is an intricate patchwork of stimulating activities. Here’s the daily breakdown, including new interactive session formats, engaging networking events, and three inspiring keynote speakers. More...
By . The Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition is on the move in 2018 to yet another European city. In today's political climate, the time is ripe for serious discussions on the values of international higher education and how we can preserve them in the spirit of mutual understanding. More...
By . This month's Journal of Studies in International Education addresses topics from Germany and Portugal to Iraq to Korea and Malaysia. Articles focus in on the subject of student mobility and address such topics as the push-pull factors of international students, discrimination of mobile students, perceived risks of studying abroad, national evolution of student mobility, and low rates of student mobility in specific programmes. More...
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