Easy permanent residency a thing of the past conference is told The days of luring international students to Australia with the promise of permanent residency were over for good, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship told educators last week. Peter ...
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Revenue from higher education set to climb to $27.5billion
As higher education matures as an industry the future looks bright writes Annette Blackwell Revenue in the Australian higher education industry has been forecast to grow at a rate of 3.2 per cent per annum over five years to 2015. ...
More »Graduate-fee debate taxes UK politicians
UK observers give little hope to a student-backed proposal for tuition fees to be deferred writes John Ross A report from the UK’s independent review of higher education funding and student finance, which has been spearheaded by former BP boss ...
More »ALTC awards focus on internationalisation
A passion for diversity drives winners of teaching and learning awards writes Susan Woodward Internationalisation might not be the easiest term to define but Dr Peter Woods and Dr Jaya Earnest know it when it’s in front of them. It’s ...
More »Internationalisation the buzz yet again
Associate Professor Betty Leask talks of the difficulties faced by academics seeking to internationalise the curriculum. We did all of that in the 1970s, you know”. The “that” was internationalisation of the curriculum and the comment was from a colleague ...
More »Snapshot of university and other higher education in Australia October 2010
Key statistics IBISWorld estimates industry revenue will grow to $22.4 billion in 2010-11. More than 35 universities receive commonwealth funding under the Higher Education Funding Act (1988) on a triennial basis. Two other institutions receive commonwealth funding on a contract ...
More »The Spanish are coming
John Ross discovers there could be spin-offs for Australian Education from this armada Spain’s World Cup football campaign, according to the commentators, was constructed around the “third party” strategy. Other teams raced down the right or left wing and looked ...
More »Vic skills reform review attacked
Impact on regional Victoria has not been assessed says vice-channcellor A review into Victoria’s skills reforms has been attacked for its failure to assess the program’s impact in regional Victoria. University of Ballarat vice-chancellor David Battersby says the review provides ...
More »Business welfare
Paying businesses to provide for their own future isn’t doing anybody any favours. Employers have become welfare-dependent, with many no longer prepared to conduct on-the-job training unless they get handouts from the state, an industrial relations expert told last month’s ...
More »From the margins
UWA aspirations to include SES children paying off Susan Woodword writes New efforts by the University of Western Australia (UWA) to spark higher education interest in children living in the remote Pilbara seem to be paying early dividends. Known as ...
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