One of the headline ideas floated by the Universities Accord is a second national university for regional students. This would be on top of the existing Australian National University.
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Community-run centres in regional and remote Australia are having positive impacts on students who were historically under-represented at university and at high risk of dropping out.
All universities face job losses. But the impacts of these job losses are greatest for regional communities.
Australia’s regional universities face many challenges that need to be addressed at a national level if we’re going to keep feeling the economic benefit from agriculture we felt last financial year.
Australia is currently experiencing one of the largest booms in international student enrolments, which needs to be sustainable if we’re going to continue to benefit economically.
Universities can lead the way in creating opportunities for the economic development of regional cities and outer metropolitan areas under new City Deals.
If we’re serious about closing the gap in Indigenous education, our new research shows the value of building better bridges into universities and vocational education.
High school drop-out rates combined with costly travel and living expenses puts regional students at a disadvantage when applying to universities in Australia.
A new study shows that academics in regional universities are more likely to experience bullying than their city peers.
In the 2014-15 budget, the government announced a new Commonwealth Scholarship scheme. This will require higher education institutions to commit $1 in every $5 of additional revenue to the scheme “to support…
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Executive Director, Regional Universities Network, Federation University Australia
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Dean of Graduate Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Regional Development, CQUniversity Australia
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Director Academic Governance and Standards, Deakin University
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Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University
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Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Research Officer, CQUniversity Australia
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Psychology, La Trobe University
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Emeritus professor, University of New England
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Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow (Adjunct), Adelaide University
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Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto