With deregulation now on the back burner until 2017, Education Minister Simon Birmingham has moved to reset the national debate on the future of higher education by releasing a summary of landmark reviews of sector dating back to 1988. Birmingham ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has initiated legal proceedings against VET provider Unique International College over allegations the company made “false or misleading representations and engaged in misleading or deceptive and unconscionable conduct”. In a statement issued late yesterday, ...
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A recent federal government of higher education policy under the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull has injected optimism into the national debate but university leaders must bring the public with them in the push for reform. That was the message from Go8 chief executive ...
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The increasingly global, connected, and mobile nature of student expectations means modern universities must overhaul traditional education models while better leveraging technology, a US expert has told Australian university leaders. Addressing delegates at the Financial Review Higher Education Summit in ...
More »Opinion: Duelling narratives on Simon Birmingham
Recent published reports have praised the new education minister for taking on some of the sector’s problems or showed that system rorts are still very much alive. By John Mitchell Around the time of the election of Malcolm Turnbull as the ...
More »World top 50 by 2025: UNSW pushes for global domination
The University of NSW has set its sights on joining the University of Melbourne in the world’s top 50 universities as part of an ambitious new 10-year strategy. With UNSW ranked 82nd in the recently released 2015–16 Times Higher Education ...
More »House passes overseas uni debt recovery
Australians earning good money overseas are one step closer to having to repay their university debts as if they were still living at home. The House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to extend the repayment system for university and trade ...
More »Pregnancy stress ‘affects motor skills’: study
Stress during pregnancy may lead to poor co-ordination in children, West Australian research suggests. Almost 3000 mothers were asked to record stressful incidents in their pregnancies at 18 and 34 weeks. Their children then underwent a series of co-ordination tests ...
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Universities have welcomed newly announced federal standards that will require institutions to give students information in plain English before they enrol. Also under the new standards, universities will be measured on the experience they deliver and less on filling out ...
More »How to engineer a better STEM future?
Getting enough students into STEM subjects to keep Australia competitive will require starting early and focusing on girls. Linda Kristjanson interviewed by Amie Larter With the federal government recently spruiking the need for higher numbers of STEM graduates in order ...
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