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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Institutional wealth a vexed question

Ability to attract private funding dictates capability in NZ tertiary sector writes Stuart Middleton Education is funded in two ways. First it is funded by public expenditure (that is by people paying taxes of which a proportion is passed on ...

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Empirical barriers

Publicly funded VET doesn’t meet the minimum conditions that would make it viable to contract it out, argues Phil Toner. At the request of the Council of Australian Governments, the Productivity Commission (PC) recently undertook an examination of the publicly ...

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Training tomorrow’s teachers

The Melbourne Master of Teaching is a more expensive and complex model of teacher preparation, but the demands and expectations on teachers have changed. Nothing less should be considered acceptable, writes Stephen Dinham. The importance of quality teaching to student ...

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Durate to lead UWA Oceans institute

The University of Western Australia has appointed renowned oceans researcher Professor Carlos Duarte as Director of the Oceans Institute at UWA. Duarte is currently leading the Malaspina 2010 Expedition, a Spanish circumnavigation expedition that is sailing the world’s oceans to ...

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Acclaimed astronomer joins Swinburne

Pre-eminent astrophysicist Professor Jeremy Mould has joined Swinburne University. A recipient of the prestigious Gruber Prize for Cosmology, Mould is a ‘Hi-Ci’ researcher, putting him in the world’s top 0.5 per cent of cited researchers in the astronomy and space ...

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Griffith appoints new Director of External Relations

Griffith University has appointed Meredith Jackson as its Director of External Relations. Based at the University’s Gold Coast research campus, Jackson is charged with gaining greater recognition for the University’s teaching and research, particularly its results in the federal government’s ...

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UTS establishes chair of Indigenous research

NSW Australian of the Year, Professor Larissa Behrendt, has been named the first Chair of Indigenous Research at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Indigenous rights lawyer, academic and author has led research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning ...

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New Head for JCU’s vet school

Professor Wayne Hein is to take over as head of the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at James Cook University. He was recently appointed as Dean of Veterinary Science. Hein spent a few years working in veterinary public health.  “I ...

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Affordable student accommodation hit by funding cuts

Plans for new affordable accommodation for needy students at one Sydney university have been cancelled because of recent federal funding cuts.quo; needs as well as availability of accommodation including whether it was university managed, in partnership or privately managed. UA ...

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