Garton appointed Sydney provost and DVC at UNSW, he began his career as a teaching fellow in the School of Humanities at Griffith University before returning to Sydney in 1988 to lecture in the Department of History. Over the next ...
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Complying with Bologna
The Bologna model has not led to conformity in higher education and at least one institution is looking to the Melbourne model, writes Christina Slade. Last week I was discussing the options for undergraduate education with a colleague at City ...
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Chapman advises Ireland on HECS Ireland, which is suffering badly from the global financial crisis, is set to reintroduce university student contributions and sharply rationalise the sector. Higher education fees were abolished in 1996, resulting in a dramatic surge in ...
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Education providers have the wrong approach to fee pricing for international students, argues Rob Harris. It has always been a concern of mine that education providers view education marketing, as a subset of education, rather than what it is – ...
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Trapping rainbows for future computers A new approach to trapping rainbows could lead to a form of computing that uses many different colours of light simultaneously to convey information. The approach, developed by Ivan Garanovich, Andrey Sukhorukov and Yuri Kivshar ...
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From pre-awareness to bequest, Melbourne Business School may have one of the most sophisticated CRM systems in higher education. But it hasn’t all been a bed of roses, writes Beverley Head. With the capacity to manage the relationship with individuals ...
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Robotic model struts her stufft crunch, and the use of language contributes to this process. The oxymoronic phrase toxic asset has been much in the news of late, with the Obama administration's announcement of a plan to encourage investors to ...
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In reality, Professor Punt is Stephen Clarke, professor of sports statistics at Swinburne University. Due to our publishing deadlines, our tips are a week ahead.
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Actuaries combine high-level maths and statistics with sophisticated economic, financial and problem-solving skills. And they’re on a nice little earner, reports Jeremy Gilling. People often confuse actuaries with accountants. But although they overlap in some areas, they’re very different. Accountants ...
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Graduates from Group of Eight universities earn no more upon graduation than their peers from lower status institutions, new research has found. The finding goes against assumptions that there are quality differences - and therefore outcomes - between Australian institutions. ...
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