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Teaching and learning first

The fast-shifting higher education sector must keep the basics paramount, speaker says. By Erin Mayo. As the digital era changes the landscape of higher education, there are calls for a renewed focus on the quality of learning and teaching. Speaking ...

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University balks at clinical placement fees

Sydney Uni releases study showing trend would put healthcare workforce at risk. By Erin Mayo. Rising costs could threaten the future of clinical placements in healthcare education, a study from the University of Sydney has warned. Student Clinical Education in ...

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Gap and gown

Universities have more work to do to help close the earnings gulf between male and female graduates, a study reveals. The gender gap is still wide open when it comes to wages amongst male and female graduates. A study, An Analysis ...

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Out front, shaping the view

TAFE institutes’ collaborations can help shape the employment scene and economic growth in regional areas. By Lisa Line. From the third floor of The Gordon’s City Campus, the view looking north across Corio Bay is striking. The distinctive granite peaks ...

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Tough all over

A quick look at tertiary education in South Australia reveals little cause to celebrate. By Malcolm King. The more things stay the same, the more things change in Adelaide. It’s hard to know exactly what’s happening at the helm of ...

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Hypothesis: a weaker sector

Agency leaders say there’s ‘no fat left to trim’ from research spending. By Antonia Maiolo. Hundreds of jobs have already been cut from the science and research sector and there are growing fears that talented researchers will move offshore. The ...

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Hidden money

The competition for government funding is set to get even more fierce; Australian universities must learn to tap other sources more aggressively. By Greg Spinks. The release of the federal Budget on May 13 has created a watershed moment for ...

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Unis put fee hikes on hold

Several institutions are holding off on raising their price tags ahead of deregulation. By Dallas Bastian. Multiple Australian universities are freezing fees to create certainty around cost for students who will be enrolling in courses this year. Flinders University, Griffith ...

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Download the 21st century

EduTECH2014 has designs on the digital future. By Lara Caughey. EduTECH 2014 aimed to inspire thousands, as international speakers and exhibitors gathered to reshape the tertiary curriculum. Australia’s largest educational exhibition drew a crowd of 5000 attendees and 250 exhibitors ...

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That’s the way the stacks tumble

Big changes are inevitable for Australian libraries but technology, consultation and planning could make the end results a winner. By Geoff Hanmer. Harvard spent US$109 million on its library in 2010–11 and with an endowment of more than US$30 billion ...

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