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International education earnings up again: UA The ABS International Goods and Services December 2008 trade data shows international education remained buoyant last year, increasing its earnings 27 per cent to $15.5 billion in 2008, according to Universities Australia. UA said ...

There are two ways students can qualify for the Training and Learning Bonus. Firstly if, on 3 February, they were a student or apprentice eligible for youth allowance, Austudy, Abstudy or various other schemes including sickness allowance and special benefit. ...

$42 billion buys a lot of stimulus, for students and many others. It also buys a lot of politicking. When the stimulus package bill hit Parliament last Wednesday, the House of Reps stayed up all night to yell about it. ...

As talk about retention rises, US rates drop US colleges have in recent years been paying increasing attention to retention of undergraduates but the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that it doesn’t seem to be working. New data shows that ...

Triple P’s effectiveness confirmed The University of Queensland’s positive parenting program (or Triple P) has been found to substantially reduce child abuse if applied community-wide. This is the conclusion of a five-year study of the program led by Dr Ron ...

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Globalisation and other pressures are bringing the study of international law increasingly to the fore. Universities are responding in kind, reports Jeremy Gilling. International law, once an underexplored and unappreciated minor specialisation in Australian law faculties, has emerged as a ...

Gillard says community service for HECS idea has merit Rewarding students who do volunteer work by paying off their HECS debts would encourage young people to be more altruistic, education minister Julia Gillard says. But the Opposition says the scheme ...

Orientation weeks should become orientation fortnights to give them time to cover safety and local familiarisation as well as course-specific issues, according to the Victorian Overseas Student Experience Taskforce. The taskforce, which handed down its final report just before Christmas, ...

The article ‘Davidson calls for a rethink on Training Packages’ (CR, 20.01.09) notes the need for training packages to be flexible enough to facilitate teaching of critical skills. Jim Davidson is quite right and in my 30 years of experience ...