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Long-awaited legislation brings end to costly bandaid
Aging campus infrastructure is set to be renewed, staff numbers boosted and sport subsidies reinstated following the long-awaited passage of…
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Tailor-made scenarios to update training targets
Skills Australia develops scenarios to get a handle on how universities and VET will contribute to the nation’s future workforce.Australia’s…
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Radical surgery: CSU rethinks rural medical education
A bold proposal for a new medical school intended to help solve acute rural doctor shortages has met with strong…
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TEQSA new self-accreditation better than a Carlton Premiership
Given there was bipartisan support for the recommendations, TEQSA may now be established by federal parliament in time to meet…
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Budget: VET's time has come
Higher education stakeholders are treading water on Budget eve The fortunes of the vocational education and training sector are expected…
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Lobbying and late changes to ERA journal ratings
Ranking bodies will be required to consider all public submission and be transparent unlike in 2010 The ARC is fine-tuning…
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Call for reform in the humanities
Not everyone agrees with John Armstrong’s opinion that knowledge can be shaped in the marketplace writes Annabel McGilvray The humanities…
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Dawkins’ masters voice
There is confusion within the sector about just what role the AQF will play as part of the threshold standards…
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Nervousness over research ratings
University departments are grooming research outputs to boost ERA Some schools and departments in Australia’s most prestigious universities are quietly…
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