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Monthly Archives: December 2011

$22m for Sydney unis to bring in more low-SES students

Five Sydney-based universities are set to work together to increase the numbers of students from low socio-economic backgrounds in higher education. The five will receive $21.2 million funding from a $150 million Bridges to Higher Education federal initiative aimed at getting ...

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Sector pays tribute to Carr’s work in innovation

The tertiary education sector has paid tribute to outgoing Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr, one of several ministers moved in the cabinet reshuffle. Carr will leave his current post as minister for innovation, industry, science and research ...

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Sector underfunded, says base review

The much awaited Higher Education Base Funding Review has been released by the government but with 145 pages to get through, the sector is holding fire on a final judegment. Among proposals likely to get most attention are: the application ...

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Greenfield steps down as GO8 chair and VC

Professor Paul Greenfield will step down from his role as chair of the Group of Eight as well as his position as vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland. The Group of Eight announced the change early Friday evening, shortly after ...

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Victoria ‘on track’ with demand driven VET

To suggest Victoria is undercutting the role of TAFE is simplistic and not supported by enrolment data, writes Peter Hall. John Mitchell’s less than subtle criticism of Victoria’s training reforms (Campus Review Nov 29, TAFE is central to skilling Australia) ...

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Victoria TAFE ‘being harmed’

In a comprehensive policy briefing to the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), David Williams, executive director of the Victorian TAFE Association (VTA), pulled no punches when he told how the state’s vocational education change agenda was perceived ...

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Stable says goodbye to Bond

After eight years at the helm, Bond University vice-chancellor Professor Robert Stable retires this month. During his tenure there was strong growth for the private, not-for-profit university on Queensland’s Gold Coast. In a statement paying him the university said his ...

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