Joseph Gora has some suggestions for converting the unread and the unreadable into something to behold. The unit information guide (UIG), or its simpler derivative, the unit guide, is a document imbued with great significance in the wacky world of ...
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Victoria to develop higher education plan
The Victorian government will develop its own higher education plan to boost research and increase the number of university places in the state, Victorian skills minister Jacinta Allan told a Melbourne conference last week. While it’s been some years – ...
More »Unis and VET need a digital revolution too: IT think tank
The federal government must extend its digital education revolution (DER) program to the higher education and vocational training sectors in order to meet its own education and social inclusion targets, according to a new report funded by the Department of ...
More »Migration authority should regulate student agents, says Opposition
The federal Opposition has called for international student recruitment agents to be regulated by the body responsible for migration agents, after the government claimed to have broken up a student migration racket. But the government says such a move would ...
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Private providers will swallow staff: Milbourne Universities will soon face an upsurge in local competition for academic staff, according to UTS vice-chancellor Professor Ross Milbourne. Milbourne told last month’s Australian higher education congress that the “gearing up” of the Chinese ...
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