Union supports call for tough standards on teaching courses
The Australian Education Union has called on the federal education minister to fix declining entry standards for teaching courses. This comes after professor John Hattie, head of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), expressed his support for ...
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People across NSW took to the streets and their keyboards this week to protest the Baird Government’s TAFE privatisation bid. Last month, NSW Greens MP Dr John Kaye obtained a document that showed the Baird Government was considering cutting $63 million from ...
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Everyone wants innovation; the fight is over how to get it
Universities have welcomed and rallied behind a political consensus for the need to foster innovation, though there are still disagreements over how it can be achieved. The Go8, Innovative Research Universities and the Regional Universities Network have all welcome the importance ...
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Codeine abuse requires holistic response: researcher
Requiring prescriptions for codeine, in a vacuum, is highly unlikely to curb a spike in overdoses, a University of New South Wales researcher has said. This comes after the Therapeutic Goods Administration recommended codeine and all drugs containing codeine, including Panadeine ...
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Make uni spending transparent: OECD
Information on how and where funds are spent in universities must be more open to the public, the OECD has said. In his speech to the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, Dirk van Damme, head of the innovation and measuring progress ...
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