Outstanding courses could present a way for universities to stand out in the crowd – and attract more funding from the government, a seminar in Melbourne has been told. The Base Funding Review panel suggested that universities could offer undergraduate ...
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Dual sector baulks as Victoria slashes training budget
Victoria University is experiencing the full brunt of the state government’s decision to slash $100 million from its training budget. The government’s move will partly strip the public providers (TAFEs) of the 22 per cent base funding they receive to ...
More »Scholars challenge Oxford University Press standards
A group of leading scholars has presented a petition to Oxford University Press calling on the renowned publisher to uphold what it describes as “basic scholarly standards”. The petition arose out of a letter sent to Niko Pfund, president of ...
More »Harvard urges open access publishing
A committee of senior Harvard academics has urged the university’s staff to publish in open access journals amid concern that the cost of journal subscriptions is becoming “untenable”. In an email sent to all Harvard faculty members last week, Harvard’s ...
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