Year: 2008
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Well-kept secrets and a few surprises
Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley runs a watertight ship. The report from her higher education review has been arguably the most…
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Life after Bradley
The Bradley report is politically astute and enters the policy mainstream. Its main concerns about participation rates, social equity and…
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It’s about mass and volume and doing it better
If there is one overarching theme of the Bradley review, it is more students in a higher quality system. These…
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VET takeover proposal applauded
A nationally run vocational education and training system – widely considered as desirable, but politically unfeasible – is now on…
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It’s not just a matter of entitlement
Student demand-driven funding is emerging as the most contentious of Denise Bradley’s broad reform proposals, with some commentators claiming the…
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A discriminating revolution: why VET and HE are divided
Education is about fairness,” then opposition leader Kevin Rudd told the Melbourne Education Research Institute in January last year, marking…
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Selected postgraduates gain income support
The list of masters by coursework programs whose students are able to apply for youth allowance and Austudy was extended…
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Navitas MD named entrepreneur of year
Rod Jones, the founding and managing director of global education services provider Navitas, has been named the 2008 Ernst &…
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Ford appointed to national council
A female elder and senior lecturer with Charles Darwin University has been appointed to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and…
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Curtin bolsters Muresk team with new appointment
Curtin University of Technology’s Muresk Institute has appointed Dr Roger Mandel as agronomy lecturer. Mandel joins Curtin from Charles Stuart…
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New head of ACU National business school
ACU National has appointed Dr Brian D’Netto as the new national head of the School of Business. The appointment follows…
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CRCs are for public good: new guidelines
Public good has been reinstated as a key objective of the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program, under new guidelines revealed…
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Population better educated
RSI and gammy wrists might well become a work-related injury as chancellors across the country shake hands with growing queues…
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Age shall not weary them: ACU National staff loyal to the end
The commitment, loyalty and dedication of its staff is one of the great strengths of ACU National, but it is…
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Return HECS to research graduates: committee
While HECS-style loans are being proposed for everybody from drought-stricken farmers to budding athletes, a parliamentary committee wants them converted…
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Monash's commitment to Mumbai unwavering
Monash University is adamant that last month’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai will not deflect it from its joint research program…
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The price of competition
As cannier parents seamlessly guide their children from community day care to public primary school to private high school to…
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Parallel universes
The humanities, arts and social sciences have tended to live in a parallel universe to that of innovation policy thinking…
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Change to survive and thrive
While a nod may still only be as good as a wink to a blind horse, VET insiders with even…
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COAG seals the deal
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) outlined future VET funding arrangements during its last meeting of the year, with the…
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Ingredients for partnerships
Are lasting provider-enterprise partnerships based on low prices or mutual respect? The following story was told at a recent…
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The myth of the evil employer
Employers are not natural-born exploiters of young people, says Erica Smith. In a recent Campus Review (25.11.08), Mark Cully…
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Stop at the red pen
Teachers in Queensland are being told they are at risk of emotionally abusing their students if they use red pen…
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Doing Life: The Biography of Elizabeth Jolley
Although she started writing early in life, it was not until her 50s that Elizabeth Jolley received the recognition her…
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Turkey
With the recent celebration of Thanksgiving in the US, and the imminence of Christmas, it’s timely to consider the name…
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