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Creative industries receive major boost A $17 million Creative Industries Innovation Centre to be located at UTS will provide free assistance to businesses in the creative sector to boost productivity. It is one of six innovation centres funded under the ...

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Going for growth

Education provider Navitas says it is yet to feel any effects from the global financial crisis and it could even benefit from an increase in demand for higher education during tough economic times. The company, which provides university programs globally ...

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Part time research students

Full-time research students take longer to complete their degrees than their part-time peers, despite assumptions to the contrary. And despite their evident commitment, large numbers of part-time research students feel effectively “invisible” to university administrators.re kept up to date with ...

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National briefs

Sector saddened by losses The higher education sector was saddened last week with news of the death of former AVCC CEO John Mullarvey. Tributes poured in from many who had worked with him over the years, among them Group of ...

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Proving its worth

The LTPF is changing behaviours – for the better, says Marcia Devlin. The annual scramble in the offices of DVC (A)s and university planning units around the country to try to predict each university’s performance on the basis of raw ...

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Across the divide

Should VET be a feeder to higher education? Indeed yes, says Leesa Wheelahan. Should one of the primary roles of vocational education and training be to prepare students for higher education? The Bradley review says no, because this would distort ...

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Universities in an emerging context

The Bradley review shakes up higher education policy but the report affirms the importance of universities and higher education as a long-term investment, says Peter Coaldrake. The rise of non-university providers has been one of the more remarkable changes in ...

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Talk about a revolution

Intro, intro intro etc says Peter Quiddington. While there are many good things contained in the Bradley review of higher education, it is not about to deliver a revolution that will reverse the declining fortunes of Australia’s intellectual assets. The ...

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Standardised assessment for VET

What are the benefits of VET students sitting for the same national test, asks John Mitchell. In recent years, some in the VET sector have watched with interest the highly publicised push by the government for national testing in schools. ...

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