Grandiose efforts at reform fail to recognise the importance of interaction and understanding amongst international and domestic students. There is so much debate around higher education reform and fee deregulation, to the point where international education – a key element ...
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 ...
More »Unis bag move to link research funds, deregulation
The nation's top universities have used paid advertisements to describe as "dumb" the Abbott Government's decision to link research funding to fee deregulation. Go8 universities – which include the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland ...
More »ASQA investigating Evocca
The Australian Skills Quality Authority has confirmed it is looking into the operations and practices of private education provider Evocca in relation to a number of complaints against the company. Evocca has responded publicly to the latest in a series ...
More »Diversity in dementia research vital says expert
Greater support is needed for diverse and outside-the-box approaches to researching dementia causes and treatments, a leading expert has said. Speaking at the National Dementia Congress taking place in Melbourne today, Dr Bryce Vissel – head of neurodegeneration research at the ...
More »All the VET in China
With the recorded history of migration from China to Australia now nearing its 200th anniversary, there is much to marvel at in terms of the growth of that country and the relationship between our two nations. This link continues to ...
More »Job battles, cost of degrees trouble science students
Australia’s top science students say competition for jobs and the cost of university degrees are the biggest barriers to their career goals. In a recent survey of some of the most talented secondary science students, more than 80 per cent revealed concerns that ...
More »Pieces of a year
At the start of 2014 the international education sector had high hopes for positive policy reform. One year down the track, it’s good to report that our issues have gained the ear of government decision-makers. The jury is still out, ...
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