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Monthly Archives: September 2012

MBAs get with the times

The advanced business degree has been criticised in the past for being too theoretical but recent changes are pleasing the corporate world. For a long time master of business administration (MBA) courses have been criticised for turning out graduates who ...

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Attracting overseas students online

Australian institutions need to use a variety of inquiry methods to compete with other nations.   For the past year it has been possible to mark time by looking at headlines proclaiming the demise of the international student sector. It ...

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Is a diploma still valued?

Mid-level qualifications have suffered in the push for more bachelor graduates but there is still a strong demand. Associate degrees may be able to play an increasing role as a qualification that can provide strong links to work but also ...

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What would Leonardo study after Year 12?

The bright young Florentine might be tempted to do a product design engineering degree, followed by a digital media design course. Just over five centuries ago, a young man wrote a job application to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan. ...

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Market needs fundamentals in place

The BCA believes the Victorian reform was poorly planned and the recent budget cuts too savage. The objectives of the reform were fundamentally to increase participation in the system and to harness the forces of competition to drive a more ...

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Back to the future looks good

Equipping young people with mid-level qualifications is better than having a large number of unemployed university graduates. There is currently renewed interest throughout the Anglophone education systems in the quality of careers advice, information, guidance and education. This is largely ...

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Philanthropic role for Fitzgerald

Professor John Fitzgerald has been appointed as the Truby and Florence Williams Charitable Trust chair of social investment and philanthropy within Swinburne University’s Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy. The trust, managed by ANZ Trustees, focuses on encouraging ...

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UNSW fundraising director

The university has appointed Elizabeth Nield to the newly created position of director, development. Nield will be responsible for leading a team of development managers to secure philanthropic support through alumni, business, industry and community groups for research priorities, capital ...

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New business dean for Murdoch

Internationally renowned strategic management leader Professor Peter McKiernan has been appointed as dean of the Murdoch Business School, at Murdoch University. Previously, McKiernan held the chair of management at St Andrews University in Scotland for 19 years. He holds fellowships ...

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VET leader joins Charles Darwin

With more than 20 years of experience in the vocational education and training and university sectors, Dennis Tonkin is the newly appointed head of VET programs at Charles Darwin University. Tonkin has held a number of senior roles in teaching ...

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