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 ...
More »Government ignores the message, but adopts the method
The federal government wasn’t swayed by economic modelling of the benefits of tertiary sector funding increases. But it produced similar modelling in the hope of swaying the Canberra press pack. Earlier this year Universities Australia marshalled some new economic modelling ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »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 ...
More »Regional participation improves – but metro participation improves more
The city and the bush have moved further apart, according to a new report on regional higher education participation. Regional Australia’s share of higher education students declined during the Howard government years, according to a DEEWR report released this month ...
More »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 ...
More »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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