Higher Education
US College rankingsIvy league take top honours
Douglas BelkinSilicon Valley is rising but most of the best US colleges and universities remain rooted in the northeast | WSJ/THE LIST
Chinese students forced home
JOHN ROSSChinese students in Australian universities dreamt of becoming residents. Now they head home for unpaid jobs.
EXCLUSIVELift-off for space research deals
JOHN ROSSThe excitement over a promised space agency, and spin-offs for universities, will receive more oxygen today.
Navigating a route to research
JOHN ROSSA voyage on CSIRO research vessel Investigator will give 20 postgraduates the experience of a lifetime.
Panda got your tongue?
Jane OrtonToo little attention to Asian studies at school level and beyond will leave us trapped in a monolingual nightmare.
Debt fears over fund wind-up
Bernard LaneStakeholders say ending the Education Investment Fund will force universities to raise debt for research facilities.
Video stardom irks lecturers
JOHN ROSSNew research has highlighted a gulf in views on lecture-recording: students love it and lecturers hate it.
Trigger warnings ‘stifle studies’
BERNARD LANE‘We are doing a disservice to students by cloistering them’, says University of Newcastle academic Marguerite Johnson.
Reducing stress key to retention
Darragh O’KeeffeSome institutions are better than others at creating a sense of belonging among students.
VET windfall proving elusive
JOHN ROSSLegislation to bankroll the $1.5 billion Skilling Australians Fund is yet to reach parliament.
Review into science presenter
JOHN ROSSFormer ABC Catalyst journalist Maryanne Demasi has had her credibility questioned by a top-ranked science journal.
Uni nepotism row leads to arrests
TOM KINGTONPolice in Italy have arrested professors over an alleged plot to have proteges appointed to academic posts.
Cancer sleuths target research
Bernard LaneAn Australian-French duo looking for errors in cancer research papers has begun to use a semi-automated checking tool.
Ice melt baffles scientists
Graham LloydThe variables of Antarctic sea ice is putting some scientific conclusions back on the shelf.
Uni marriage theorem warning
Olivia CaisleyA top Australian university has warned students not to use the term “marriage’’ when referring to a well-known maths theorem.
Giant leap into space race
MICHAEL OWENAustralia’s new space agency will have ‘‘enormous potential’’, Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday.
Chinese influence move ruled out
PRIMROSE RIORDANRegulations already exist to deal with Chinese government influence over students at Australian universities.
Society enters new dark age
Matt RidleyCensorious students and online witch-hunts have joined religious dogma in challenging liberties won over centuries.
JCU promises action
In HW today, we note JCU’s resolve to do the right thing on sexual harassment and applaud (who knows?) a future president of Tanzania.
Exploited students urged to seek help
JOHN ROSSThe Fair Work Ombudsman has urged overseas students to seek help if they are exploited at work.
OPINION
Society enters new dark age
Matt RidleyCensorious students and online witch-hunts have joined religious dogma in challenging liberties won over centuries.
China’s student factories
Rowan CallickWe have a stake in the Chinese rush for overseas education, but what does it take for those students to make it here?
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Julie Hare
Editor
Canberra Bureau, Australia
Julie has spent 15 years specialising as an education journalist. An arts graduate from the University of Newcastle, she has won numerous awards for writing and editing. harej@theaustralian.com.au (02) 9288 2460 Twitter @harejulie -
John Ross
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
John joined the Higher Education Section in 2011. A communications graduate from UTS, he has won several National Press Club awards including 2010 Higher Education Journalist of the Year. rossj@theaustralian.com.au (02) 9288 1637 Twitter @JohnRoss49
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The Higher Education section is published in The Australian each Wednesday to provide a national perspective on news, events and issues as well as in-depth insight and analysis in the vocational and tertiary education sectors. The Australian's award-winning journalists also provide up-to-the-minute updates on the website, along with expert opinion and blogs.
