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Archive for October 22nd, 2012

Ballarat joins online movement
The University of Ballarat has announced that it will offer its first online qualification next year. The new program, Graduate Certificate in Tourism Futures, will be delivered by the university’s business school. “The university is well-known for its first-rate, face-to-face More..
Student nurses benefit from Vietnam work experience
A group of nursing students from Victoria University has drawn a lot of positives from a challenging two weeks working in some of the most disadvantaged hospitals and orphanages in Vietnam. The 10 students volunteered at Hanoi’s National Paediatric Hospital, More..
UK call to swap bursaries for school student help
British universities should take millions of pounds set aside for bursaries and tuition-fee discounts for poor students and use it to fund a new education allowance for teenagers, a report says. The study by Alan Milburn, the British government’s social More..
Mentors help beat discrimination
A pilot work experience scheme for gay and lesbian students has shown promise and may be extended next year. A new program known as Pride Mentoring is successfully pairing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students at RMIT University with More..
Jurassic lark: dino DNA dies out
Scientists at Murdoch University have shown that it is impossible to reconstruct dinosaurs from ancient DNA, with the new findings revealing that genetic material can’t survive beyond 6.8 million years. The study has busted the myth in Steven Spielberg’s film More..
TEQSA hindering online growth, says Barber
With an increasing number of people doing their courses via the internet a leading academic says we are risking losing students to overseas providers. Australia’s higher education quality regulator is obstructing advances in educational technologies and is jeopardising the nation’s More..