A Perth meeting has heard it is good strategy to keep Australian-Indonesian lines of communication open. By Jeff Li and Annette Blackwell. Just as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was proposing Australia halt aid to Indonesian educators, language experts were gathering ...
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In the UK there is a shift to judging published research on professional and policy impacts. Once institutional spinning slowed around the Excellence in Research Australia assessments, separate disciplines took a realistic look on how they fared and what it ...
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Contemplators and reticents lurk among the e-collaborators research into online use in universities finds While Generation may have embraced online social networking sites with gusto, a study has found university students are often reluctant to participate in university online learning ...
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Annualised growth in the higher education industry has been revised down to 2.8 per cent from the 3.2 per cent rise expected between 2006-2011. Projected revenue is also down to $22.1 billion from the $27.5 billion forecast last year. The ...
More »Academic leaders honoured on Australia Day
The chair of Universities Australia has received a gong for public sector policy management and reform. Professor Peter Coaldrake, chair of Australia's peak representative organisation, Universities Australia, was one of several influential academic leaders recognised in this year's Australia Day ...
More »Digitisation funding: where should it go?
The humanities council is to discuss the role of cultural institutions in innovation and knowledge networks Funding for digitisation and clarification of the role of galleries, libraries, archives and museums in the innovations system and knowledge networks will be high ...
More »Draft TEQSA legislation to be made public soon
Consultations over provider standards and regulatory approach make the path smoother for a new regulator Universities and other stakeholders can expect to have a draft of the TEQSA establishing legislation soon, a spokesman for Minister for Tertiary Education, Chris Evans ...
More »Ireland looks to Australia in higher education revamp
HECS-style loans and technology universities are to be part of Ireland’s 20-year strategy, writes Annette Blackwell. An Australian-style fee-loan system is one of the main proposals of a report into higher education in Ireland. The idea has been tossed around ...
More »UTS unveils Gehry plan for business building
Undulating brick and angled sheets of glass to feature in the facades. By Annette Blackwell. UTS today (December 16) unveiled the schematic design for a new $150 million building designed by world-renowned and at times controversial architect Frank Gehry. The ...
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Second lock-up under way to tease out complex issues raised by universities DEEWR is holding a second lock-up on the proposed TEQSA legislation today, Monday, December 13. The stakeholders, including representatives from universities, the NTEU and student representatives, are meeting ...
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