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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »CHASS welcomes new Executive Director – Angela Magarry
Angela Magarry has been appointed executive director of The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS). Magarry has a strong background in advocacy, policy and government relations with senior level experience in government, and non-government sectors. For the ...
More »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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