Unis To Face 'free Market'

UNIVERSITIES will enter a new era of competition for public funding that could place some institutions at risk, under a shake-up to Australia's higher education sector.

Student Aid In Line For Major Improvements

YOUTH Allowance and Austudy are expected to be overhauled under a sweeping university shake-up to be considered by the Federal Government.

Unis Celebrate Major Infrastructure Boost

UNIVERSITIES will get hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructure and make campuses more "student-friendly", as the Federal Government prepares for the biggest shake-up to the sector in decades.

Uni Review Calls For Mergers

UNIVERSITIES are expecting an overhaul of their funding, incentives for them to consolidate and a blurring of the boundaries between vocational and higher education in the biggest shake-up of the sector in two decades.

Staff At Anz Brace For Rejig

A FURTHER jolt is expected through ANZ headquarters this morning as the banking giant outlines details of a planned shake-up of its institutional and corporate business staff.