Monthly Archives: March 2015
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ACPET launches codes for members, agents
The Australian Council for Private Education and Training has officially launched its latest measure aimed at industry self-regulation – a new code of ethics for members. The document, along with a separate Code of Practice for the Engagement of Education Agents, comes ...
More »Research impact under the microscope
Momentum behind efforts to develop a more refined model for measuring research impact is being fuelled by growing acknowledgement that the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) model is limited in its capacity to encourage research translation, a leading expert ...
More »OPINION: Students are the voice of higher education
By Rose Steele and Harry Rolf. Australia’s greatest resource is its people. In 2008, the findings of the Bradley Review gave us a strong blueprint for making the most of that resource. In addition to recommending a ten per cent increase ...
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Unis need to target industry workforce shortages: Carr
A future Labor government would seek to reinstate some form of contract based arrangements with universities to help target workforce shortages in industries of need, a national higher education forum has been told. Speaking at the Universities Australia 2015 conference ...
More »Unis still need to cost govt less: Pyne
If the Senate won't pass his higher education overhaul, Christopher Pyne sees only two alternatives: cutting student numbers or cutting research funding. Neither is palatable, the education minister told the university sector on Wednesday. The Senate is likely next week ...
More »Govt cracks down on private educators
There will be no more free lunches, iPads or cash for students under a government crack down on training providers. Vocational educators will no longer be able to offer inducements for students to sign up, run "miraculously" short courses, recruit ...
More »Unis still think deregulation can pass
Universities are fed up with being kicked about parliament and want some policy certainty. But Universities Australia still believes that at the end of all the kicking, fee deregulation could pass. Chief executive Belinda Robinson concedes the numbers in the ...
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