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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Corrupt college won PPP contract

A private Sydney college at the centre of a damning corruption inquiry is one of at least nine recently failed providers that registered with the Productivity Places Program. A private Sydney college at the centre of a damning corruption inquiry ...

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Demand drives up TERs and threatens equity

Strong demand could help the government’s participation targets while simultaneously undermining equity targets. Strong demand for places leading to rising TERs, despite an expansion of the number of places on offer, could have the cumulative effect of undermining the government’s ...

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Oz uni websites fly below the radar

Australian universities don’t even make the top 100 in the latest global rankings, which rate institutions according to their web presence. Australian universities may punch above their weight in global rankings such as the Times Higher Education-QS and Shanghai Jiao ...

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Young scientists bemoan post-doc treadmill

Post-doctoral scientists are opting out of academia The age structure of the science academic workforce is in better shape than the academic workforce as a whole, but new research reveals a lot of young scientists seem uninterested in pursuing an ...

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The Zeds: meet the next generation

Julia Gillard’s graduates of 2025 are currently in pre-school. So what do universities need to bear in mind as they prepare for the next generation? The university graduates of 2025 are wearing Dora the Explorer t-shirts, make Lego houses and ...

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Australia is not a racist country

Living and studying in Australia, PhD student Afroz Shah is angered by accusations of racism leveled by the Indian media. Australia is considered one of the safest places on the planet to live, and more so, a favorite educational destination ...

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PhD-plus

A new qualification may be needed to help distinguish extremely high-level scholarship from ‘garden variety’ doctorates. Australia may need a new high-level doctorate qualification to help make sense of its crowded and confused PhD landscape, according to researchers from Southern ...

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COAG apprenticeship reforms welcomed

Changes to the apprenticeship system are a “quantum leap” in training reform. VET figures have welcomed COAG’s decision to reform Australia’s apprenticeship system in line with recommendations from the Australian Apprentices Taskforce. Announcing the changes early last month, COAG said ...

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Saudi scholarship suspension “temporary”: DEEWR

Enrolments from Saudi Arabia – Australia’s tenth-biggest and second-fastest growing market for international students – appear unlikely to be permanently affected by the delisting of Australia as a destination for students who have won prestigious Saudi government scholarships.nglish. DEEWR said ...

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Record research funding for universities

The government last week handed out $1.4 billion in funding for research and research training. Forty-one higher education institutions shared a record $1.42 billion in research block grants last week. The amount is $150 million more than in 2009. Melbourne ...

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