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Kevin Rudd’s compact with Australia’s youth, which was announced with much fanfare just two weeks ago, has been overlooked in last week’s budget. Instead of attracting new money, it is expected the 135,000 estimated places will be funded via a ...

Informal learning examined NCVER last week released ‘Informal learning at a glance’, which examines learning in various contexts, from the workplace to the home, and through technology and the mass media. Informal learning, by far the most prevalent form of ...

New device to fight terrorism Pioneers of the world’s first portable explosives “fingerprint” device at the University of Tasmania have received $1.6 million. The research should ultimately help apprehend terrorists responsible for bomb blasts. The team from the School of ...

Private health insurance giant BUPA has donated $100,000 to an international student assurance fund, OSAssurance, which is run by the NLC – the organisation that all five Sydney universities have agreed not to endorse (CR, 28.04.09). CR understands the NLC, ...

Teaching-only universities have become a non-issue. The Bradley panel settled that by lining up behind the research-teaching nexus. Universities should conduct research in the areas where they offer degrees, the panel found. But does that mean the research-teaching nexus has ...

Public universities which place a strong emphasis on academic, business and corporate governance are afforded the best prospects of long-term success, says Garry Carnegie. Organisations of all types require the achievement and maintenance of good or effective governance. Indeed, organisations ...

Philanthropic donations to universities have so far been relatively unaffected by the GFC, says Ben Power.nking it might just turn and around and hoping it is,” she said. Christopher Thorn, executive director of Goldman Sachs JBWere’s philanthropic services team, says ...

Are we about to embark on a new age of evidence-based policy, asks Robin Ryan. April’s AVETRA conference once again met the high standard of organisation and quality content that has been established in recent years. As in any good ...