World Bank tries different tertiary rankings
By By Jennifer Bennett | 12th December, 2011 | Features, International, News, | There can be few things that draw so much national attention in the tertiary sector as international university rankings. Depending on their place in them, institutions either trumpet their results or dismiss them as not being of any importance. But More..
By By Jennifer Bennett | 12th December, 2011 | Features, International, News, | There can be few things that draw so much national attention in the tertiary sector as international university rankings. Depending on their place in them, institutions either trumpet their results or dismiss them as not being of any importance. But More..
Inquiry call to help house students
By Misa Han | 5th December, 2011 | International, News, | A NSW parliamentary inquiry has backed calls for transport concessions for all international students, noting that this will help them find cheaper accommodation. With the new semester approaching, housing affordability remains a significant concern for students. The inquiry also recommended registration More..
By Misa Han | 5th December, 2011 | International, News, | A NSW parliamentary inquiry has backed calls for transport concessions for all international students, noting that this will help them find cheaper accommodation. With the new semester approaching, housing affordability remains a significant concern for students. The inquiry also recommended registration More..
American privates on parade
By Malcolm King | 5th December, 2011 | Comment, International, | We have dominated the Asia-Pacific campus playground but there’s a bigger kid ready to move in Back in the 1990s and noughties, America’s leading public universities watched Australia’s success with envy as we educated hundreds of thousands of full-fee paying More..
By Malcolm King | 5th December, 2011 | Comment, International, | We have dominated the Asia-Pacific campus playground but there’s a bigger kid ready to move in Back in the 1990s and noughties, America’s leading public universities watched Australia’s success with envy as we educated hundreds of thousands of full-fee paying More..
OER university gains momentum
By Jim Taylor | 5th December, 2011 | Analysis, Comment, International, News, |
The Open Education Resources Tertiary Education Network (OERTen) is an international innovation partnership of like-minded institutions, collaborating on the implementation of the OERuniversity (OERu) with the aim of providing more affordable access to higher education. At the UNESCO Global Forum More..
By Jim Taylor | 5th December, 2011 | Analysis, Comment, International, News, |
The Open Education Resources Tertiary Education Network (OERTen) is an international innovation partnership of like-minded institutions, collaborating on the implementation of the OERuniversity (OERu) with the aim of providing more affordable access to higher education. At the UNESCO Global Forum More..
International education tells its story
By Susan Woodward | 28th November, 2011 | International, News, | The industry can no longer be criticised for failing to convey its value and relevance. From the Colombo Plan to the Knight review, the story of international education is now documented, illustrated and bound in a 450-page book. Launched by More..
By Susan Woodward | 28th November, 2011 | International, News, | The industry can no longer be criticised for failing to convey its value and relevance. From the Colombo Plan to the Knight review, the story of international education is now documented, illustrated and bound in a 450-page book. Launched by More..
A book to make a difference
By Jacqui Elson-Green | 28th November, 2011 | Features, International, | Making a Difference is a collaborative industry initiative mooted more than five years ago and produced with support from all universities and other educational institutions, government and industry-related organisations. The International Education Association of Australia provided a secretariat for the More..
By Jacqui Elson-Green | 28th November, 2011 | Features, International, | Making a Difference is a collaborative industry initiative mooted more than five years ago and produced with support from all universities and other educational institutions, government and industry-related organisations. The International Education Association of Australia provided a secretariat for the More..
Mental illness on the rise for visiting students
By Susan Woodward | 28th November, 2011 | Features, International, News, | The incidence and severity of mental illness amongst international students in Australia are growing, according to a new case study to be presented this week. The study, which focuses on Chinese students due to their high numbers here, has found More..
By Susan Woodward | 28th November, 2011 | Features, International, News, | The incidence and severity of mental illness amongst international students in Australia are growing, according to a new case study to be presented this week. The study, which focuses on Chinese students due to their high numbers here, has found More..
Gong to Gujarat: Illawarra invests in India
By Jennifer Bennett | 28th November, 2011 | International, News, VET, | The Illawarra region of NSW will soon be at the forefront of Australian education in India, with plans to start training workers in the state of Gujarat. It was announced last week that Illawarra Institute of TAFE and the University of More..
By Jennifer Bennett | 28th November, 2011 | International, News, VET, | The Illawarra region of NSW will soon be at the forefront of Australian education in India, with plans to start training workers in the state of Gujarat. It was announced last week that Illawarra Institute of TAFE and the University of More..
Student parents run the healthcare gauntlet
By Susan Woodward | 21st November, 2011 | International, News, |
A Malaysian couple obtaining PhDs from Monash University has struggled to obtain maternity care in Australia. It was only after traipsing to a sixth public hospital in Melbourne that international students Shamsul Mohideen and his wife, Azleena Mohamad, were finally More..
By Susan Woodward | 21st November, 2011 | International, News, |
A Malaysian couple obtaining PhDs from Monash University has struggled to obtain maternity care in Australia. It was only after traipsing to a sixth public hospital in Melbourne that international students Shamsul Mohideen and his wife, Azleena Mohamad, were finally More..
Free to think, or is it free-thinking
By Annette Blackwell | 21st November, 2011 | International, News, Research, | University autonomy is ranked across 26 European countries in a major new report from the European University Association (EUA). In addition to an in-depth analysis of the current state of institutional autonomy in Europe, the study includes four scorecards that More..
By Annette Blackwell | 21st November, 2011 | International, News, Research, | University autonomy is ranked across 26 European countries in a major new report from the European University Association (EUA). In addition to an in-depth analysis of the current state of institutional autonomy in Europe, the study includes four scorecards that More..
Sector must be heard, says new IEAA chief
By Jennifer Bennett | 21st November, 2011 | International, News, |
The international education sector has a tendency to “slip through the cracks” in this country, and that’s something that the International Education Association of Australia’s new chief plans to change. Phil Honeywood, IEAA’s new chief executive, started in the job last More..
By Jennifer Bennett | 21st November, 2011 | International, News, |
The international education sector has a tendency to “slip through the cracks” in this country, and that’s something that the International Education Association of Australia’s new chief plans to change. Phil Honeywood, IEAA’s new chief executive, started in the job last More..
A better deal for overseas students
By Helen Szoke | 14th November, 2011 | Comment, International, |
The Australian Human Rights Commission is drawing up a list of minimum standards for the international education sector writes Helen Szoke. Laurence Peters was an educationalist most famously known as the creator of the Peter Principle. His focus was on competency More..
By Helen Szoke | 14th November, 2011 | Comment, International, |
The Australian Human Rights Commission is drawing up a list of minimum standards for the international education sector writes Helen Szoke. Laurence Peters was an educationalist most famously known as the creator of the Peter Principle. His focus was on competency More..
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