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Work barriers block international students

The government, providers and companies need to create work experience opportunities for graduates or the multi-billion industry will suffer, new research reveals. Post-graduation work options have emerged as a major determinant of study destination for international students. Many of these ...

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Chair focused on innovation

Design researcher, practitioner and Australian Future Fellow, Professor Andy Dong has been appointed to the Warren Chair in Engineering Innovation at the University of Sydney. This newly established chair will lead a program of education and research in engineering innovation ...

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Astronomy star to lead research school

One of Australia’s foremost astronomers, Professor Matthew Colless, has today been announced as the new director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University. Professor Colless joins the university after a long and highly distinguished ...

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New deputy vice-chancellor (R&D) at Swinburne

Professor George Collins has been appointed to the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) at Swinburne University of Technology. Professor Collins has more than 30 years experience in research and research management, and is currently the chief executive officer ...

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Leading British soil scientist joins UWA

A leading UK scientist who helped map the bacterial ecosystems of British soil in a world-first study will join the University of Western Australia to lead an expert team in soil rehabilitation research. Professor Andrew Whiteley’s work will be funded ...

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Baldock to lead Macquarie science faculty

Current head of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, Professor Clive Baldock will become the new Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science at Macquarie University. Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Jim Piper said Professor Baldock was the ideal ...

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National regulator prepares to pounce

While controversies rage in Victoria about shonky providers, ASQA is closing in wherever it can. By John Mitchell. Just a few years back shonky providers were viewed as a temporary aberration in the VET sector, located within and then hopefully ...

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Practical help for the disadvantaged

To help students from low socio-economic backgrounds do their best universities need to engage with them and their teachers rather than act when it is too late, writes Marcia Devlin. Students from low socio-economic status (LSES) backgrounds are entering Australian ...

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Sorry to interrupt, but…

Now that we have removed caps on student numbers all sorts of unruly types are turning up on campus. By Richard Hil. On a beautiful autumnal morning with sunlight glistening on a still lake in the middle of resplendent botanical ...

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Victorian TAFE workers protest cuts

TAFE staff across Victoria are staging a rolling series of protests against the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300 million from public providers. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called on Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu to reverse the ...

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