Research on source use and plagiarism in second language writing in recent years has suggested that rather than being the result of intent to deceive or moral failure on the part of the student, unacknowledged textual borrowing can have a number of causes, including cultural, developmental, and educational factors. This thesis aims to further research...

This thesis compares the self-reported physical and mental health status, utilisation and satisfaction with Student Health Services, of domestic and international students in Health Sciences First Year and the Health Sciences stream of Foundation Year at the University of Otago.This was a cross-sectional survey sent out to 590 undergraduate Health Sciences First Year students 6...

This report presents the first internationally comparable results to OECD's 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Survey of the educational performance of 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science in 25 OECD countries, including Australia.

Among the changes to higher education fundiung introduced by the federal government are reforms to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), the income-related arrangement for the payment of student charges introduced in 1989. Gillian Beer and Bruce Chapman look at the true financial cost for different types of students and graduates of the various financing...

In this submission to the Senate inquiry into student income support, ACOSS provides a series of recommendations for helping young people to take up education and training and, build both personal opportunities and the broader level of skills and knowledge within our community.