Year: 2009
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2009: The year that was
It’s been a big year in tertiary education. Or has it? We asked the experts to highlight the highlights. By…
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Tuition assurance overhaul needed: Baird
Online intro Five assurance schemes may be rolled into one, under reforms being considered by the Baird Review. Consumer protection…
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International education: keep the paramedics on stand-by
Early this year, reports of the imminent death of international education proved premature. As the year closes, the industry’s prospects…
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International crisis created at the bottom, but felt at the top?
Online intro Low quality VET providers may have “stuck a dagger in the heart” of the elite universities. Low-end VET…
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Measure for measure
Any new measure of SES needs to have the confidence of the sector and is fit for purpose, writes Trevor…
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The man who loves to teach
When Mahfuz Aziz moved to Australia 10 years ago from Bangladesh, the cultural and academic diversity of his new students…
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Goverment still hopeful of income support changes
Online intro Help may still be on hand next year for disadvantage students – but prospective gap year students should…
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TEQSA: the two-toothed tiger
The new national quality agency will have sharp teeth when it comes to private providers, but not universities. The federal…
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Go8 poor at equity, but great once they’re there
The research-intensive universities have taken their first step toward developing a coordinated equity strategy. The Group of 8 will take…
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National briefs
Women drive participation target While the Bradley review’s 2025 target of 40 per cent of 25-34 year olds with a…
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The equity year that was
It could be dubbed the “year of equity” in higher education, says Professor Trevor Gale. And it came in four…
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Two years on
Next year, higher education reform will move more squarely into the implementation stage. There will adjustments to be made, says…
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The gospel according to St Julia
The 10 commandments of higher education? Heck no, it’s the ongoing imperatives in relation to the institutional research agenda going…
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Market-based thinking in VET
Are providers really moving towards market-based approaches, asks John Mitchell. There is a view circulating around the VET sector that…
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VET briefs
VET graduate employment falls in 2009 The economic slump has seen the number of VET graduates employed after training decrease.…
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Leaning towards a new model of organisation?
Not having a problem is a problem in the new, lean organisation, writes Ray Griffiths. There is little doubt that…
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Last ATC to close?
Last-minute bailouts have saved two ATCs, but a third hasn’t been so lucky. Uncertainty has hung over the Australian technical…
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COAG targets closer than official count
Two of the ambitious VET targets the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has set may be much closer to fulfilment…
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Noticeboard
Hargreaves new EA president Professor Doug Hargreaves, head of QUT’s School of Engineering Systems, is the new president of Engineers…
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London is the world hub for creative industries. But is it going to stay that way, asks Christina Slade.
On Thursday, 19 November around 10:30 pm, I noticed first one, then swarms of helicopters over the City of London…
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International briefs
Funding cuts threaten Oxford University tutorial system Oxford University will have to axe its prized tutorial system if the government…
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Sharing the data load
Universities are increasingly collaborating in shared data centres. It doesn’t just make economic sense, writes Beverley Head. In just a…
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Get ready, SET, stop
The paucity of women in the sciences is contributing to the fragility of Australia’s scientific knowledge and skills base, but…
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Lewis’s law
It is not often that science students are asked to write an analytic essay or participate in a mock trial,…
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