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TEQSA: the two-toothed tiger

The new national quality agency will have sharp teeth when it comes to private providers, but not universities. The federal government’s new Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) will have life and death powers over private colleges but not ...

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National briefs

Women drive participation target While the Bradley review’s 2025 target of 40 per cent of 25-34 year olds with a bachelor degree or above may be well within reach (CR online, 30.11.09), there’s an important caveat. The ABS’s annual ‘Education ...

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The equity year that was

It could be dubbed the “year of equity” in higher education, says Professor Trevor Gale. And it came in four roughly overlapping periods: January to February: Brace yourself The year began in uncertainty. It was unclear whether the government would ...

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Hargreaves new EA president Professor Doug Hargreaves, head of QUT’s School of Engineering Systems, is the new president of Engineers Australia, the peak organisation for 88,000 member engineers. He is a former president of Engineers Australia (Qld) and secretary of ...

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International briefs

Funding cuts threaten Oxford University tutorial system Oxford University will have to axe its prized tutorial system if the government pushes ahead with funding cuts, a report has warned. Foreshadowed cuts to higher education of will be reduced by $320 ...

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Sharing the data load

Universities are increasingly collaborating in shared data centres. It doesn’t just make economic sense, writes Beverley Head. In just a few weeks, three Victorian universities will take up their positions in a new data centre in Melbourne’s Noble Park. It ...

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