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annette blackwellOctober 19, 2011

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Australia can reach for the cloud

Report on cloud computing potential and an online campus for geoscientists make the news. Australia could have a key role…

annette blackwellSeptember 26, 2011

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Strategic review of the student visa program 2011 – Recommendations

Major changes to students visas gives sector certainty. The Foundation Stone Recommendation 1 That a new element be introduced into…

annette blackwellSeptember 26, 2011

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Commonsense rules in Knight Review

Universities happy with sweeping changes to visa rules for students but TAFEs and private providers cry foul on limitations they…

annette blackwellSeptember 19, 2011

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Go8 tells govt more time needed to respond to draft standards

Department defends approach to public consultation on qualifications standards. Department defends approach to public consultation on qualifications standards. The Group…

annette blackwellAugust 29, 2011

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Rankings story rankles

Objective measurements, while valuable, do not capture the entire “variance” or “look and feel” or “performance” of a University writes…

annette blackwellAugust 22, 2011

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Over to you

For some, reflecting on issues then and now, there was a strong sense of déjà vu – funding problems, research…

annette blackwellAugust 22, 2011

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What The VCs had to say

More on Over to You Professor Sandra Harding, vice-chancellor of James Cook University predicted life in universities, for those at the…

annette blackwellAugust 15, 2011

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Academic leaders to get their own “how-to” handbook

A handbook on academic leadership with case studies from across the sector is being produced by a team of high-profile…

annette blackwellAugust 8, 2011

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OKeeffe wins educators’ journalism award

The president of the ACE NSW, Dr Frederick Osman, said the award acknowledges an outstanding contribution by a journalist to…

annette blackwellAugust 8, 2011

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Bradley recommends CIT and UC merger

The recommendation was contained in a report commissioned by the ACT government and conducted by Professor Denise Bradley and made…

annette blackwellAugust 1, 2011

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Industry and educators need to better understand each other on skills training

Industry and educators need to find a neutral space in which they can unpack the language around their commitment…

annette blackwellJuly 25, 2011

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Agreement to increase tertiary education take-up

TAFE Qld and the University of Southern Queensland signed an agreement on Friday to smooth the pathways between the two…

annette blackwellJuly 18, 2011

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Norton joins Grattan Institute

The first research project of the Grattan Institute's new higher education program chief will focus on base funding and teaching.…

annette blackwellJuly 18, 2011

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Education and industry face hard facts at skills symposium

VET and universities are not getting pathways right but both face difficulty in trying to get industry to move away…

annette blackwellJuly 11, 2011

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Student numbers in VET reach 1.8 million

The number of training organisations delivering publicly funded VET increased from 2455 to 2794 training organisations. There has been an…

annette blackwellJuly 4, 2011

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ASQA and TEQSA: same intent but still poles apart

The overt remit of TEQSA legislation is quality assurance but the VET mandate was for aggregation, refinement and consistency, not…

annette blackwellJuly 4, 2011

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Call for united approach on relevant finance research

Accounting research should improve accounting practice, rather than simply describe or understand or critique it Accounting research is often considered…

annette blackwellJune 27, 2011

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