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Pyne plan will cost students dearly

Buoyed by the government’s six-month deferral of its changes to workforce eligibility criteria for youth allowance, the federal opposition now plans further amendments to the government’s income support reform Bill once it reaches the Senate. Education spokesperson Christopher Pyne said ...

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Victorian coalition to tackle low-SES participation

Four Victorian universities are in the early stages of a collaboration aimed at increasing participation among students from a particularly disadvantaged area of Melbourne. Melbourne University, RMIT, La Trobe University and Victoria University have been in discussions for almost a ...

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One country not enough: Baird

International education providers could be forced to enrol students from multiple countries under reforms being considered by the Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act. According to an issues paper released last week by review head Bruce Baird, ...

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Too much regulation – and Bradley could make it worse

Inadequate regulation and compliance might be copping much of the blame for the problems in international education. But education and training still suffer from “excessive and duplicative reporting requirements”, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission. The sector ...

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December D-Day for the PPP?

The Productivity Places Program has a few staunch friends. It’s well-liked in private training circles, where it’s been a big help getting colleges through the financial crisis. And Julia Gillard’s office has issued regular media releases extolling the program’s latest ...

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A reforming frame of mind

Scott Bowman has a big job ahead of him. And he hasn’t been slow in getting to the task of change, writes Julie Hare. Scott Bowman is an optimist. Just a couple of weeks before taking up a five-year appointment ...

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Government responds to research report

The federal government has knocked back most of the recommendations from last year’s House of Representatives inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities. The inquiry was commissioned by innovation minister Kim Carr in April last year, ...

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The lighter side of the dismal science

Economists are finding new, unusual and often weighty fields in which to ply their trade, writes Jeremy Gilling. Economics is emerging from its ghetto as the dismal science to apply its methods in all sorts of quirky, surprising ways to ...

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It’s a Nobel life

Picking Nobel laureates each year is notoriously difficult. And for those who fancy putting a bob each way, Thomson Reuters has released its list of 2009 Citation Laureates - researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honors. Each year, ...

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The business of specialisation

In a sign of confidence in the enduring health of the international student market, private higher education provider the International College of Management, Sydney this month introduced seven new degrees. With a ratio of 55 per cent domestic students to ...

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