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Monash and Warwick team up for a global future
Monash University in Melbourne and The University of Warwick (UK) have signed a new agreement to create an alliance that…
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Grattan report ‘flawed’
The Grattan report is seriously flawed in concluding that the problem with teaching engagement in Australia is due to too…
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ACT collaboration could pay dividends
A model such as University of Canberra Institute of Technology (UCIT) may be a better way to implement TAFE/university collaborations…
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Cautious welcome by VET for wider HECS
A proposal by the federal government to extend HECS-style loans to some VET students has been welcomed by the sector,…
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Australian academics not biggest fans of teaching
The Australian higher education system is not in crisis, but boy has it got problems a new report finds. Higher…
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Universities have lot to learn about procurement: survey
Universities exert tremendous clout buying goods and services, including a reported $200 million a year spent on travel alone sector-wide.…
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Australian researcher unearths dinosaur nest
A James Cook University researcher has helped unearth a 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site in South Africa, the oldest nesting site…
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Plea to save microscopy unit
Alarmed at proposed cutbacks at a high-performing University of Sydney science centre, former deputy director Guy Cox appeals for a…
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Teo says ‘dismal’ research funding needs boosting
A stellar international academic career was not enough to convince the Australian science and medical community of the worth of…
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New Melbourne Chancellor
New Melbourne chancellor Elizabeth Alexander has been installed as the 21st chancellor of the University of Melbourne, succeeding Alex Chernov,…
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Deregulation has a price
As our campuses begin to welcome the new cohort of students for 2012, tertiary education managers are assessing the dawn…
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Shaping up to jump TEQSA’s bar
There may be some angst on campuses as institutions gear up to meet the new regulatory deemands. Federal ministers Greg…
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One body to rule them all
How the new national regulator TEQSA uses its power will be all important The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency…
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COAG needs to rethink VET reforms
The Victorian government experimentation with VET funding is starting to unravel, with the latest revelation that one of its training…
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Leading psychologist dies in accident
The most internationally recognised and influential Australian quantitative psychologist of his era, Rod McDonald, has died in a snorkelling accident…
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New VC promotes Bond ethos
How the hell did Tim Brailsford end up at Bond University? It is an irresistible question to put to the…
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The cost of foreign students
Australian governments should look carefully at the economics of extending welfare entitlements to temporary residents, writes Andrew Norton. Public hospitals…
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Friendly Guide to the Acronymn (FGA)
Just in case you were becoming relaxed and comfortable with the abbreviations and acronyms in higher education, the government has…
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The Blog Rankings – The lecturer who won’t let go
University of Queensland lecturer Tim Kastelle has been using the internet for most of his professional life: as an undergrad…
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Base funding key to new system
Adequate funding is the key to enticing all universities to participate in the new demand-driven system and enjoy its anticipated…
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ACT promises to shed light on UCIT ‘soon’
The project implementation group to oversee the creation of a new education entity born out of collaboration between the University…
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Give VET respect where it is due
Research in Australia is of high quality and our journals are respected around the world, say members of the executive…
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Building on South African ties
An international public policy congress will engage academic delegates from South Africa and Australia alongside government and industry representatives in…
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Tenure becoming untenable
Milton Greenberg writes that the reasons for lifetime academic positions have been eroded in the US with more staff employed…
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