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Study abroad could be the key to graduate employment in tough times, says Robert Malicki. In the current economic climate, with the labour market significantly loosening, it seems graduates are going to need to differentiate themselves from the pack more ...
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Defining VET’s distinctive role
Why VET’s mission should not be forgotten in the Bradley debate. Despite concerns in some quarters that the Bradley review of higher education would recommend the carve-up of VET in order to rectify student shortages in universities, the final report ...
More »We need to look beyond training packages
The notion that redesigning training packages is the answer to VET’s woes is simplistic and unrealistic, says Jeanette Allen. The National Quality Council should tackle the reform of training package (CR, 20.01.09), but too much of the thinking within the ...
More »Obituary Dr Christy Fellows
17 October 1973 – 10 December 2008 Queensland's water research community last month mourned the death of promising young water scientist Dr Christy Fellows. Fellows passed away in hospital aged 35 as a result of a short illness. Based at ...
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Haywood heads to SCU
More »Higher education a major beneficiary of US stimulus package
A large part – perhaps close to 10 per cent – of the $US825 billion in new public spending and tax breaks over two years that is proposed to stimulate the flagging US economy will go to higher education, according ...
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UK to guarantee assistance to poor students Minister Manmohan Singh has set out a new five-year plan that involves building 50 more universities and hundreds of new colleges, allocating 19 per cent of GDP to fund education. It is expected ...
More »NZ research quantity, not quality rewarded
New research has raised questions about the impact of New Zealand’s Performance Based Research Fund after it found university economics departments have rewarded research quantity rather than quality in their appointments since the advent of the fund. University of Waikato ...
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Sub-headPromiscuity leads to faster, bigger, better sperm Fish species whose females are more promiscuous are likely to have faster, bigger, more numerous and longer lived sperm. A team of six researchers – one each from two Canadian, two US, one ...
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