Day: July 4, 2011
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Sector spruces up image in marketing makeover
Austrade has rolled out Future Unlimited as the next best hope for marketing education to international students. The university sector…
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AQFC should merge with national regulator: Withers
As the new qualifications framework is launched, Universities Australia says it may be best for the AQF Council to be…
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It’s official – we have an overseas students ombudsman
The overall strategy's lack of depth won it only tepid support from the export education industry when COAG announced it.…
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Evans promises a light touch with TEQSA
Institutions that abuse the deregulated university system will be quickly reined in. Education Minister Chris Evans says he believes the…
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Research measurement in Australia needs something more than ERA
Conference hears that a failing with ERA was that the impact on society and the economy of research was not…
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International education “not a strip-mining exercise”
International education is about Australian universities engaging the world, a conference has heard. Universities need to change the way they…
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Equitable access more than a matter of degrees
A shift towards a renewed focus on pathways and linked learnings not only sets students in a direction but gives…
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Research lost in grinding mills of scholarship: Moran
Most universities struggle to knit disciplines together around the major problems of our times, a conference has been told. Researchers…
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Shock of the new: power bills to force an IT rethink
If electricity prices surge post-carbon tax, universities could face huge extra cost burdens because computing is a prime suspect when…
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A teachable moment
We must show why public universities return to the community, many times over, the money spent providing higher education for…
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ASQA and TEQSA: same intent but still poles apart
The overt remit of TEQSA legislation is quality assurance but the VET mandate was for aggregation, refinement and consistency, not…
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Call for united approach on relevant finance research
Accounting research should improve accounting practice, rather than simply describe or understand or critique it Accounting research is often considered…
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Bond gets new vice-chancellor
UQ's Tim Brailsford talks about the challenges of moving from a public to a private university. Bond University is a…
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