Thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will have greater access to technical trades training through a five-year $300m contract to support and expand the development of technical skills nationwide. Wodonga TAFE led the successful bid for the Joint Technical ...
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Punitive uni pass rate on the chopping block
The Australian Government has released a Consultation Paper in response to the Australian Universities Accord priority action number two. Priority action two recommends ceasing the 50 per cent pass rule that is part of the Job Ready Graduates (JRG) package, ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How will AI and technology change what universities need to do? Episode 82
Dr Nora Koslowski, chief learning innovation officer at Melbourne Business School (MBS), joins the HEDx podcast to share her insights. She discusses how emerging AI technologies, coupled with the changing world of work and future skills-needs of employers, are providing ...
More »Monash on the hunt for a new VC
Monash University has appointed an interim chief and vice-chancellor after the former VC stepped away to take up a high-profile government position. Professor Susan Elliot AM was appointed interim chief after Monash’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner AC, resigned ...
More »Australian unis drop in latest university rankings
Australia’s top universities have been brought back to earth by the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, with nearly all losing ground in the prestigious listing that ranks universities on their output of high quality research. In this year’s list, the ...
More »Universities Accord must lead to ongoing innovation
The Australian Universities Accord interim report was launched to widespread acclaim. There has been broad engagement with its overall direction from a national audience of current players within the sector. This group is feeling appropriately rejuvenated after having had a ...
More »UA changes tack on anti-violence program
The nation’s peak body representing Australia’s 39 universities has allegedly backflipped on an anti-sexual violence initiative just weeks after the Accord Interim Report identified student safety as a high priority. In the lead up to semester two ‘orientation’ or ‘welcome’ ...
More »Violence prevention expert joins working group
The Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has appointed a subject matter expert on violence prevention to advise his working group to improve university governance. Mr Clare announced last Wednesday that Our Watch Chief Patty Kinnersly would serve as an expert ...
More »Uni degrees shift from exams to expertise
Australian universities are rethinking curriculum and assessment delivery models to bridge the gap between classroom and career skills. New degrees in engineering reflect a trend away from traditional curricula, placing value on experience over exam grades. In a panel discussion ...
More »Q&A with STOP Campaign founder on addressing sexual violence on campus
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare met with advocates last week to discuss sexual violence on university campuses. The STOP Campaign joined the minister in Canberra last week to discuss sexual violence in university residences and the processes currently in place ...
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