New UK education minister David Willett knows his way around the global higher education system. And he may be looking to California to set his reform agenda, writes Christina Slade. Six months ago, Jodi Anderson, who works with me on ...
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Japan’s research sluggish by comparison
One of the world’s great research powerhouses is slipping in research performance. Despite several world-class universities, including the Asia-Pacific’s highest ranking university in the Shanghai Jiao Tong, established government research laboratories and several Nobel Prize winners, Japan’s long-standing reputation as ...
More »Demand for NZ tertiary study predicted to fall
Demand for tertiary education study is likely to fall away as the recession eases and tougher criteria is placed on students, NZ tertiary education minister Steven Joyce said last week. In a parliamentary education select committee meeting, Joyce disagreed with ...
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New Zealand is going through the opposite of the Australian experience by restricting access to university after decades of a demand-driven system, writes Dave Guerin. In what might prove to be a salutary tale for Australia, New Zealand’s former government ...
More »ICT gets image conscious
Beset by skill shortages, the ICT industry is looking for ways to change its image, reports Jeremy Gilling. Young people who are drawn to technology have mostly made their minds up about the broad direction of their careers in their ...
More »Interweaving technology and business
Industry doesn’t need more programmers, it needs more thinkers, writes Jeremy Gilling. IT faculties and schools may be struggling across the country to attract students and retain staff, but that’s not Steve Elliot’s experience. Elliot, a professor in Sydney University’s ...
More »Making it so
Engineering Australia is equally aware of its masculinised image. Now the Women in Engineering (WIE) committee is calling on female engineers to be profiled in a special section of Engineers Australia’s ’Make it So’ website – which is dedicated to ...
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