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CampusReview · A HEDx Health Check to Start the New Year In the first episode of 2021, Karl and Martin are joined on the HEDx podcast by Professor John Germov, the Acting VC of Charles Sturt University in NSW. Together they reflect ...
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The peak body representing independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector, the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), has welcomed the government’s $4 billion injection amid a massive decline in commencements in the June 2020 ...
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