The now welcome arrival of TEQSA on the beat has come about because the government was prepared to listen to those who work in the sector. In the annals of political discourse, the debate that tracked the formation of a ...
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Year in View. Research – challenge to think outside the square
It is hoped that the new early career research grants will help institutions keep the next generation of top academics. As an early career researcher (ECR) Tyrell Haberkorn had always imagined she’d have to write her next book in that ...
More »Employment of VET graduates lower than in 2008
While vocational education and training (VET) graduates are finding work after they finish their training, employment has not returned to pre-economic downturn levels. New data released today by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows that 77.4 per cent ...
More »Cautious response to funding changes
Reactions have been mixed to the announcement that reward funding would be restructured and a discount on HECS fees for maths and science subjects removed in the federal government’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook. Maths, statistics and science units will attract ...
More »VU joins Sydney in announcing job cuts
Victoria University is the latest institution to confirm job cuts, with administrative positions to be reduced over the next three months, while Macquarie and Sydney universities continue to negotiate with union members. Victoria vice-chancellor Peter Dawkins said in a statement that ...
More »Govt and uni recruiters swayed by age
Older postgraduate students in the humanities and social sciences are being overlooked for government and academic jobs because of their age, a study has found. The study by the national postgraduate students association has found a series of disconnects between government ...
More »End of the line – ‘I’m an incoholic’
Former dean of arts at a regional NSW university Professor Sandy Thomas is for the first time attending Incoholics Anonymous (IA) – an organisation concerned with workers in the corporate sector who have become addicted to income generation. Thomas: Hello ...
More »ALT Fellows respond to Johns report
The newly formed group Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows (ALTF) has submitted a formal response to the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Review conducted by Alison Johns of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Johns was contracted by DEEWR to ...
More »Research into growth of teaching nursing homes
Just as a round of government funding gets underway, new research looks at the growth of teaching nursing homes in Australia. The majority of the teaching nursing homes currently operating in Australia are in metropolitan areas, are large in size ...
More »Monash nursing workforce survey paints bleak picture
The nursing workforce is facing a staff turnover crisis with 15 per cent of nurses saying they will leave the profession within a year, the first national survey of nurses’ workplace attitudes has found. The survey by three Monash University ...
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