Dr Saleem Ali has been appointed the director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), at the University of Queensland (UQ). Named “Young Global Leader” at the World Economic Forum 2011, Ali is recognised for his research and ...
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Public funding for some degrees questioned
Findings presented at a one-day seminar on higher education base funding make the case that it is hard to justify public tuition subsidies across all university courses. The Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne hosted ...
More »FOI letters detail regulator interest in UQ
The University of Queensland has announced the appointment of a new vice-chancellor, Professor Peter Hoj, VC at the University of South Australia, but the scandal that led to his predecessor’s downfall remains unsettled. Documents obtained by Campus Review under freedom ...
More »Low ATARs will not hit standards say VCs
Suggestions that lowering university entry scores will result in a reduction in academic standards are wrong, say the vice-chancellors of the two universities that have seen the greatest increase in students from low socio-economic backgrounds in the past three years. ...
More »Students want action on Chinese student attacks
Peak student bodies have rallied behind two Chinese students who were brutally attacked on a Sydney train on April 23. The groups say it’s time for police and the public to step up and protect international students from racially motivated ...
More »Union asks Evans to clarify COAG funding deal
Proposed changes to vocational education funding could lock some potential students out of further education, says a national union for public educators. The Australian Education Union has written to Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Senator Chris Evans, along with the ...
More »That foreign student could become China’s premier
International education has the power to alter history and sway governments – but only if you do it the right way, says one of the world’s leading international relations theorists. Harvard professor Joseph Nye was in Sydney last month to launch ...
More »UQ appoints Hoj as vice-chancellor
The University of Queensland has appointed Professor Peter Hoj as its new vice-chancellor and president. Hoj is currently the vice-chancellor and president of the University of South Australia and his previous roles include CEO of the Australian Research Council and ...
More »Union drops legal appeal against RMIT
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has dropped a legal appeal against RMIT University, saying it will wait for enterprise bargaining to wrangle over controversial behavioural standards introduced by the university. As previously reported in CR, many of RMIT’s 1200 ...
More »Guiding good practice for virtuous compliance
Under the theme Being TEQSA Ready in preparation for monitoring and enforcement of the new Higher Education Standards Framework, previous articles in this series have focused on risk management, the challenges of harmonising multiple layers of regulation and the need ...
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