A new ALTC project will build leadership capacity in communities of practice. More than 350 academics in the growing communities of practice (CoP) space have signed on to a new project that will strengthen their impact on wider teaching and ...
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ARC tender for reviewers closes
ARC inundated with ERA feedback More than 6800 submissions have been made to the Australian Research Council (ARC) about its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative since it opened a new round of feedback last month. An ARC spokesperson ...
More »Visa categories must go
Visa sub-classes for different educational sectors are counter-productive, according to the head of a Brisbane-based international education group. Australia must stop playing favourites with educational sectors in its treatment of would-be international students, a private college chief told a Melbourne ...
More »Dirty secrets
“Unexamined racial prejudice” is keeping indigenous Australians out of academic jobs, according to IHEAC’s chief. Australian universities are hideaways of “hegemonic racism” where merit-based human resources processes can be “systematically undermined by the unexamined prejudices of decision makers”, according to ...
More »Licence to cull
Immigration officers have discretion to be mean, but not to be nice, according to the Knight review. The Knight review into the student visa program has floated the idea of giving officers from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) ...
More »Make resource sector “pay” for its own training
The government has rewarded the powerful mining industry for failing to train its own people, according to an economist and skills expert. Just 10 months after the Labor government tried to slug the resource sector with a $12 billion super ...
More »Scientists from Australian universities ranked among the top 100
High impact researchers in material sciences featured by international agency There are three scientists from Australian universities ranked amongst the top 100 materials scientists in terms of citation impact in the latest ScienceWatch.com report from Thomson Reuters. With 2011 being ...
More »VET regulator bill back before Senate
The national VET regulator bill could face redrafting if the Senate accepts recommendations likely to emerge from a committee report today. The legislation to establish the national VET regulator (NVR) is listed as the first cab off the rank in ...
More »Shergold installed as chancellor at UWS
New chancellor restates commitment of to expanding western Sydney university Challenges facing the University of Western Sydney could intimidate the faint-hearted, Professor Peter Shergold AC said on Saturday at his installation as chancellor. He said UWS was the fastest-growing university ...
More »Demand-driven VET needs talent at the top
Why are vocational education managers and leaders given scant attention asks John Mitchell. On International Women’s Day, it was uncomfortable to watch a few members of the audience of the ABC’s panel show Q&A taking some cheap shots at the ...
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