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Designers have something to teach the post-GFC business school graduate, reports Jeremy Gilling. Roy Green, who recently attended a gathering of 500 business school deans in Florida, says many of his international colleagues believe they are to some extent responsible ...

Assertive Indian Students mark a cultural turning point, writes Michael Furtado. Australia’s experience of Indian students has for far too long been mediated by cultural stereotypes. The cultural hallmark of students from the subcontinent was to be studious, aloof, and ...

Laureates replace Federation Fellowships The federal government has replaced Federation Fellowships with the new Australian Laureate Fellowships Scheme. The laureates are for top Australian and international researchers whose work focuses on areas of national economic, environmental, cultural and social benefit ...

Most Australians believe cultural diversity is good for the nation but many worry about the impacts on social cohesion, according to a long-term study by researchers from four states. The latest results, outlined last week at a public lecture at ...

Why invest in the professional development of advanced VET practitioners, asks John Mitchell. The provision of recognition of prior learning (RPL) services is one of the major strategies encouraged by governments to accelerate the process of upskilling the nation. It ...

Public VET on the upper Output from Australia’s publicly funded VET providers continued to grow steadily last year, according to preliminary statistics from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. Between 2007 and 2008, the number of students increased by ...

Europe: indirect research costs stay at 60 per cent The European Commission has decided to retain a 60 per cent flat rate for the recovery of indirect research costs. The flat rate applies to universities participating in the 7th Framework ...

Climate change didn’t kill the giant kangaroo Neither climate change nor burning of the bush by Aboriginal people caused the extinction of the world’s largest ever hopping animal, according to a team of Australian and US researchers led by Dr ...