Month: August 2011
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Emerging TAFE leaders say build on the brand
Pushed by schools and squeezed by universities, TAFEs have to keep demonstrating their relationship to workforces in a changing VET…
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Rankings story rankles
Objective measurements, while valuable, do not capture the entire “variance” or “look and feel” or “performance” of a University writes…
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Ambitious Adelaide big hurdles to jump
Adelaide is positioning itself to be a university city but it needs across-the-board political will and a degree of "coolness"…
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What needs to happen in aged care
The way employers engage recognised training must be addressed, a policy expert says In her article 'No' surety of standards in…
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DEEWR stays silent on roundtable
Department under fire for lack of transparency on student complaints International student representatives say they are hopeful a recent roundtable…
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Will caps-off system set students up to fail?
The demand-driven model could backfire and leave students in a training limbo, says the boss of a VET college. The…
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Research the ‘wrong’ priority
Teaching, not research, should be the main province of a university, says Adrian Lee Australian universities’ obsession with research is…
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Blogging beyond the journals
Blogging is a two-way process for academic Steven Wheeler, one he says enables him to engage with readers and students…
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Back to the drawing board for science education
Getting school children to imagine what they think the universe – or a molecule – looks like makes for a…
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Auditors give UNSW top marks
AUQA auditors have saved their final praise for the University of New South Wales. The University of New South Wales,…
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Emerging TAFE leaders say build on the brand
Pushed by schools and squeezed by universities, TAFEs have to keep demonstrating their relationship to workforces in a changing VET…
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NSW seeking legal advice on school fee charges
Concern is growing that international students and skilled workers are being treated unfairly under an international convention. NSW Education Minister…
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Work experience is what international students want
Many international student graduates are applying for permanent residency when all they really want is work experience. International students are…
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End of the line
Columnist Richard Hil takes a look at what can happen if academics are pushed too far by endless change and…
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Crime report contradicts international student experience
A new report on crimes against international students in Australia has failed to impress groups and academics steeped in the…
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Over to you
For some, reflecting on issues then and now, there was a strong sense of déjà vu – funding problems, research…
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Research knows no bounds but money
When Jennifer Byrne completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 1993, she felt the compulsion to start her…
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Changed, changed utterly
We all think that our career patterns are unique and most of us, particularly early on, can see the barriers…
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Advocates and detractors
It is unwise for politicians to enter the research policy arena without a firm grasp of history. You can learn…
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Looking backwards to tomorrow
From the vantage point of Australian higher education in 2011, the sector of twenty years ago is another world. There…
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Why wait for Godot?
An international education colleague of mine once told me many years back that he was closely related to the playwright…
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Great vision, poor policy
"We have a great TAFE network and many excellent TAFE institutions. But it’s the educators and teachers that make a…
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Death of distance
Long term reforms need to be less about introducing gadgets and gizmos to engage students, and more about a wholesale…
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Taking the “argh” out of journal rankings
Journal rankings. Those two words and their implications have conjured up a collective groan, at times an outright roar, from…
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Student caution on demand-driven system
The higher education system in Australia is changing at a rapid pace. Since the Review of Higher Education chaired by…
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