Skills, training and educator bodies have backed the Prime Minister's Future Made in Australia Act that will grow Australia's in-house manufacturing capabilities. The Prime Minister last Thursday outlined his plan to boost Australia's economic sovereignty through increased on-shore manufacturing and ...
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Universities benefit from international students but fail to provide housing
Australia’s biggest universities are failing to provide 80 per cent of their foreign students with guaranteed housing, despite taking in $9bn a year in tuition fees. Universities have built enough dorm rooms to accommodate only 40,000 students nationally – a ...
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A HECS-HELP petition that urges the education minister to change the way HECS is indexed has gained 200,000 signatures in just 12 days. Started by Kooyong Independent MP Dr Monique Ryan on March 14, the petition now has 240,000 signatures, ...
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The University of Melbourne has admitted it breached fair work legislation and has been fined almost $75,000 in the Federal Court after it threatened two casual academic staff members. The Fair Work Ombudsman pursued legal action against the university when ...
More »TAFE should be local, industry aligned force, review says
Vocational education and training (VET) should be led by "best-practice" TAFEs that act as leaders in meeting critical skills needs, a NSW VET review says. Many professions with skills shortages require a VET qualification gained from TAFE or another registered ...
More »Labor to act on university commission proposal
The Albanese government will act on a proposal from a landmark review of the university sector to establish a tertiary education commission, amid warnings from international providers that a crackdown on overseas students is damaging the industry’s reputation. Some industry insiders are ...
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THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS Head of Department of Health Technology and Informatics (Ref. 240222015) With over 85 years of rich heritage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has evolved alongside society and made ...
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Thursday's Changing Higher Education for Good HEDx conference held panels and hosted discussions between university leaders and higher education bodies to discuss how the Accord's proposed reforms are going to come to fruition. Amidst concerns about decreasing domestic enrolments at ...
More »Foreign students now facing stricter genuine student test
International students will be interrogated about their prior education and reasons for wanting to study in Australia, under a new immigration requirement to be introduced this week amid a federal government crackdown on overseas students in a bid to curb migration. Under ...
More »David Thodey to replace Belinda Hutchinson as Uni of Sydney chancellor
Former Telstra chief executive and CSIRO chairman David Thodey will take over as chancellor of Australia’s wealthiest higher education institution, the University of Sydney, when Belinda Hutchinson steps down in July after her more than a decade in the role. As ...
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