After completing a Bachelor’s degree, I had little success in finding a job which matched my field of study. I thought this situation was unique to me until I found that quite a few of my Tongan and other Pacific graduate friends were in the same boat. I also found that in line with global...

Overview The Innovations in Tertiary Education Delivery Summit 2014 (ITES 2014) was held on 5 and 6 June 2014 at the Auckland Museum and was hosted by Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment. There were around 220 attendees and the Summit featured a line-up of internationally recognised speakers with experience in...

This ALIA report gives educators, employers and students greater clarity about the education and employment landscape in Australia in 2014. Key points:

The Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH) represents humanities, arts and social science (HASS) disciplines across 36 Australian universities. While these universities differ in their responses to the proposed deregulation of higher education, there is agreement among DASSH members that the proposals to reduce government funding of university education and...

Provides a history of the Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the iconic building which housed it. Overview The Coombs Building at The Australian National University is a Canberra icon. Named after one of Australia’s greatest administrators and public intellectuals—‘Nugget’ Herbert Cole Coombs—for more than forty years the building has...