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Equity and income support reforms dovetailing: Gillard

The federal government’s university funding and student income support reforms are combining to boost access and equity, Gillard says. The federal government’s policy settings are coming together to prise open higher education opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to ...

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Diplomas dive as students strive

Diplomas may have become the collateral damage of the Bradley focus on degrees, according to Kwong Lee Dow. Australia is well on the way towards meeting the Bradley higher education attainment target – but possibly at the expense of meeting ...

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Tuition assurance mechanisms struggling

The real question may not be whether Australia’s tuition assurance mechanisms should be replaced, new college closure figures suggest. It may be whether they can survive in the meantime. The failure rate of international colleges is increasing and Australia’s tuition ...

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It’s the experience, student

The student experience is becoming increasingly important, as universities gear up for 2012. And service providers are recalibrating their activities accordingly. Higher education is starting to be exposed to the types of market research that emerged years ago in financial ...

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The new Eastern Front

The federal government is boosting higher education and research exchanges with the Middle East, following visits to and from the region over the past fortnight. Australia has signed memoranda of understanding with two Middle Eastern nations and boosted research exchanges ...

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Coalition of the skilling takes on dodgy agents

Education agents could be bound by a global code of ethics, if the world’s international education heavyweights get their way. Australia is joining forces with international education competitors to find ways of battling unscrupulous education agents, following an unprecedented meeting ...

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Queensland to cut 200 TAFE jobs

Queensland’s TAFE downsizing is because of reduced demand in the gun resource state, says the education department boss. Queensland plans to cut 200 TAFE teaching and administrative positions across the state in areas it says have been hit by reduced ...

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A new Victorian era?

Victorian-style VET for Australia? Not necessarily in all respects, say the experts. Are the federal budget VET reforms an attempt to impose the Victorian VET model on the rest of the country? And if so, is that a good thing? ...

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