Mick Grimley is the dean of education at Torrens University, which has recently introduced a Graduate Certificate in Education (Autism), specifically to impart skills and knowledge to teachers and other professionals working with children with autism.

A Labor minister hailed as a father of Australia’s current tertiary education system called on the federal government and the Opposition to work together in reforming higher education.

Federal Labor has vowed to pump billions of dollars into universities, and would work to ensure higher education and the VET sector work in cohesively together if elected.

As a teenager, University of Adelaide vice-chancellor professor Warren Bebbington thought he would leave high school at the earliest opportunity and start an apprenticeship.

Bebbington’s father, also assumed this, as he left high school at 14. It wasn’t until Bebbington was offered a Commonwealth secondary scholarship in year 10 that he found the first “glimmer” of aspiration to complete high school. And in year 12, “to my father’s absolute astonishment” Bebbington was offered a similar scholarship to enrol in university.

Drawing from this anecdote, Bebbington has argued that universities need to put greater effort in inspiring smart school kids from disadvantaged backgrounds to aspire to enrol in, and plan for, university.

Federal education minister Simon Birmingham has said the government will respond "within weeks" to the recommendations of the Higher Education Standards Panel.

A report commissioned by the National Broadband Network (nbn) and the Regional Australia Institute has argued one in two Australians will need high level IT skills by 2030, while also retaining soft skills like communication and critical thinking.

Andrew Norton, the Grattan Institute’s higher education program director says that the Australian academic job market is very competitive right now and there might not be space for academics from the US.

The Grattan Institute's Andrew Norton says US president-elect Donald Trump student loans policy "isn't that crazy" though it does have issues.

University of Sunshine Coast vice-chancellor professor Greg Hill has been appointed as chair of the Regional Universities Network.

University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas will soon be leaving this post and the chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN) to become the VC of Massey University, in Palmerston North, New Zealand.