By Duncan Ivison. Now that we finally have a government in Australia, we need to focus on how we can both prosper as a nation in the new technology-driven global economy and become a fairer and more equitable society. More...

By Trent Brown and Craig Jeffrey. India has a high and growing demand for tertiary education that can’t currently be met by Indian institutions alone. More...

By Ian Freckelton QC. Melania Trump’s apparent plagiarism of the speech given by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic Convention reminds us of the importance we continue to ascribe to originality and to authenticity in public life. More...

By Gavin Moodie. The UK has set out a plan to reform English vocational education. It’s post-16 skills plan will establish two educational tracks for students over 16 years old by building a technical education route to go alongside the well-established academic track. More...

By M Niaz Asadullah. Many experts and development organisations advocate greater provision of fee-charging for-profit schools in developing countries. More...

By Tom Nicholson and Anthony Dillon. “Despite a long history of policy attention, no consistent improvement has been made in the literacy and numeracy achievement of Indigenous Australian primary school students.”
This is the latest finding from the 2016 Productivity Commission report on Indigenous primary school achievement. More...

By Drew Evans and Carolin Plewa. Universities today are under more pressure than ever to collaborate with industry.
In the words of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:

Increasing collaboration between businesses, universities and the research sector is absolutely critical for our businesses to remain competitive.

Australia has a poor report card when it comes to university-business collaboration. It ranks last among the OECD countries when comparing the proportion of businesses working with universities. More...

By David Tittensor. In the wake of the failed coup attempt on July 15, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools, revoked the licenses of 21,000 school teachers, sacked 15,000 education bureaucrats, and asked almost 1,600 university deans to resign from both state and private universities. More...

By Catherine Gomes. A university education is a highly valued commodity in Asia. Australia has benefited from this in terms of the economic advantages international education has brought.
In 2015, there were 272,095 higher education international students in Australia who contributed almost A$12.5 billion to the economy. The vast majority were from Asia. More...