Day: May 16, 2011
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How Sutton learned his lesson
There are no tribal leaders at the University of Wollongong, Annette Blackwell finds Gerard Sutton can deliver a tough message…
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Let’s end dependence: Youth Allowance submissions
Independence – and how to define it – has emerged as a key issue for the income support review. Arguments…
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Income support: HECS top-ups could save the public purse
Australian students want better income support, but the government doesn’t want to spend any more money. HECS for living costs…
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Split demand
Student demand and industry demand aren’t the same thing. In May 2009, with the Bradley report still warm from the…
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VET centrepiece?
This wasn’t really VET’s year, budget papers suggest. The federal government nominated its $3 billion Building Australia’s future workforcepackage as the…
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UK expert to handle ALTC transfer
Evans brings in HEFCE executive to help with transition of Australian teaching and learning programs to DEEWR An international expert…
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Hidden stories and unasked questions
Indigenous students are engaged with the university experience but completiion rates are lower than the general student population Susan Page…
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TEQSA new self-accreditation better than a Carlton Premiership
Given there was bipartisan support for the recommendations, TEQSA may now be established by federal parliament in time to meet…
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On the wrong side of the accounting ledger
In 2011 science will be remembered more for its ability to mobilise researchers and the sick and less for its…
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Universities welcome cash for the regions
Overall universities with campuses in rural and regional areas welcomed the budget provisions which they saw as government honouring commitments…
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Australia in ‘too hard’ basket for Middle-Eastern students
Faster visa processing and better ability to facilitate the settlement of newcomers needed to attract students to Australia, Arab council…
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Migrant intake to help international students
International students who want to stay in Australia may find a way via the regional skilled migration plan announced in…
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The VET sector is now centre stage
I hope that the thrust of the findings [in the Skills Australia and the Productivity Commission reports] is underpinned more…
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Graduate computing skills lag behind business needs
Universities are teaching methodologies five to ten years old, Beverley Head finds University computing schools aren’t turning out IT graduates…
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Uneven performance by Productivity Commission
The commission's report on the VET workforce is of mixed quality, says John Mitchell. The Productivity Commission‘s recent report on…
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Budget cuts early repayment bonuses
A budget reduction to early HECS repayment incentives – unexpected, unlike the halving of the up-front payment discount – will…
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Performance funding on backburner
Universities say the government was right to delay performance funding. The government was justified in its budget decision to defer…
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Budget submits to industry demand
VET - like HE - will move towards a national demand-driven system, under measures in last week's budget. The question…
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Completion rates higher: NCVER
New NCVER modelling has revised trade apprentice completion rates upwards. But the rates still aren’t good – and they’re virtually…
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New VC starts work at Swinburne
After carving out an impressive research career, Professor Linda Kristjanson takes up her appointment as the new vice-chancellor at Swinburne…
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“Solid” budget marks a shift in balance
The higher education sector has avoided the major federal budget cuts it anticipated. ‘Relief’ sums up higher education reaction to…
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