Month: February 2010
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EIF money all smoke and mirrors
The key university infrastructure fund might have $6 billion on the balance sheets, but less than half is still in…
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Howard starved TAFEs worse than unis: Productivity Commission
Government spending on universities and schools barely kept pace with inflation in the latter years of the Howard government. But…
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International links benefit hospitality college
A hospitality provider comes through its AUQA audit with flying colours. The Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS) and…
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Occupations to be dropped from migration points test?
In-demand occupations could lose their special treatment status under possible changes to the skilled migration points test. Would-be migrants from…
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Philanthropist builds sustainable future at Bond
A large donation will see Bond University become Australia’s 19th university to offer an architectural degree. A significant donation to…
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The East is rising
Yale president Richard Levin says the rise of Asian universities will give the west a run for its money. The…
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Changes to student loan schemes
Loan fees have been canned for Australians studying overseas – but cost hikes are planned for fee-paying domestic undergraduates. Fee-paying…
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ACPET moves to overhaul its assurance regime
ACPET will introduce risk profiling to its tuition assistance scheme – provided the Baird review doesn’t introduce a replacement scheme.…
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Nurses and engineers in, cooks and hairdressers out as migration changes begin to bite
While this month’s migration reforms grabbed the headlines, changes made over a year ago had already transformed the occupational profile…
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AIPS goes for growth, but AUQA suggests caution
A specialist provider is cautioned about its expansion plans. A Melbourne-based private higher education provider with a range of VET…
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RMIT fined for workplace breach
RMIT has fallen foul of workplace laws for failing to pay an on-call allowance to a security officer. RMIT University…
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VET workforce older, casual, better educated – and heaven knows how big
Workforce data for VET lags way behind what’s available on higher education, with studies offering vastly different estimates of how…
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Elevating the profession
Will a tertiary sector impact positively on VET practitioners, asks John Mitchell. There is a light flickering on the horizon…
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NZ to weed out 'lazy' students and poor-performing courses
The New Zealand government is taking aim at lazy students and courses with high dropout or failure rates in looming…
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Youth Allowance changes would benefit every electorate: Gillard
Winners from the proposed Youth Allowance changes would outnumber the losers in every electorate – especially poor and regional ones…
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High-end ELICOS winner in migration shake-up
English language schools and universities can gain from last week’s shake-up of the skilled migration program – so long as…
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Nobel Prizes and liberal studies
A recent triumph for the Chinese University has Simon Haines wondering about genius. The Chinese University and the Hong Kong…
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Coherence or confusion?
Regulatory and quality assurance arrangements for higher education and VET should be as consistent as possible. But the opposite is…
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Compacts: an opportunity for reform?
How will mission-based compacts help inspire radical reform in teaching and learning, asks Kerri-Lee Krause. Mission-based compacts represent one of…
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Fund enterprises for their training needs: Skills Australia
Online intro Skills Australia is considering a two-stream approach to funding VET, with companies funded directly to undertake training –…
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Food and the art of representation
Both CAPA and the NUS are being headed by students hailing from the University of Melbourne. I am what I…
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Be careful what you wish for: more regulation on the cards
Improved regulation and performance measures are largely welcome, but the spectre of increased government interference is a likely consequence. Regulation…
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First standards to be assessed by end of year
Work on academic standards is going ahead in leaps and bounds with the first standards ready to be reviewed by…
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Lessons in Skills Australia’s migration role
The development of the occupational hit-list for the skilled migration program reveals as much about Skills Australia as it does…
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The age of collaboration begins
The government wants to see universities collaborate to boost low-SES enrolments and a new alliance is one of the first…
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