Monthly Archives: August 2010
Students feel weight of law
Certain law school examination practices have a negative impact on student health. Annie May reports. Concern over the role assessment methods have on the high incidence of excessive stress, anxiety and depression among law students has prompted a call for ...
More »Making it count
Recruiting a generation of accountants motivated by migration and financial rewards is a questionable strategy, writes Annie May. The regeneration of the accounting profession is being hindered by a lack of qualified new entrants, with researchers questioning the government’s strategy ...
More »Digging a big hole for international education
Stark comparisons can be drawn between the government’s attitude to the mining industry and international education, writes Paul Rodan. Those in the international education sector cannot have missed the obvious contrast between their treatment by government and that given to ...
More »Peak groups focus on income support
Income support has already improved, and lobby groups want more. But don’t hold your breath. Student income support is emerging as a key issue for higher education lobby groups, despite substantial reforms to the system earlier this year, with both ...
More »Overseas enrolments up – overseas
The good news is, international enrolments are growing strongly. The bad news is, not in Australia. The Australian-based global education and training company Navitas has recorded a bumper year, with revenue up 18 per cent and net profit up 31 ...
More »UA calls for delay in AQF deadline
The AQF review is heading towards its final deadline as the battlelines rage on several fronts. Masters degrees continue to throw multiple spanners in the works for the Australian Qualifications Framework Council as it forges ahead with finalising a revised ...
More »Sydney puts students at the centre
The University of Sydney is set to undergo four years of reform and renewal. The University of Sydney is set to overhaul its undergraduate degrees, with a specific focus on the first-year experience and graduate outcomes. But it has opted ...
More »Navitas proves quality is the key
Two recent AUQA reports reveal how public private partnerships in tertiary education can be win-win. Private education and training company Navitas recorded a record profit this year and two recent Australian University Quality Agency reports may provide a small insight ...
More »Turning 10, ANU faculty counts the legends in its ranks
ANU’s emeritus faculty counts among its members some of the luminaries of Australian intelligentsia. John Malony was attending the funeral of friend Eugene Kamenka, a retired ANU history and philosophy of science professor, when the idea struck. Looking at the ...
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