Online intro Help may still be on hand next year for disadvantage students – but prospective gap year students should beware. Scholarships may still be on the cards for low-income students next year, even though the Senate rejected the government’s ...
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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 ...
More »Go8 poor at equity, but great once they’re there
The research-intensive universities have taken their first step toward developing a coordinated equity strategy. The Group of 8 will take a broader approach to equity than just low-SES in the development of a coordinated strategy that is expected to be ...
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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 ...
More »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 ...
More »London is the world hub for creative industries. But is it going to stay that way, asks Christina Slade.
On Thursday, 19 November around 10:30 pm, I noticed first one, then swarms of helicopters over the City of London just to the south of me, moving to the west. The helicopters are often out – visiting heads of state ...
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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 ...
More »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 ...
More »We’re well on the way to 40 per cent target: ABS
The government’s 40 per cent attainment target might be under-ambitious, new data suggests. The federal government’s 40 per cent bachelors completion targets are well on the way to being reached – well before any of its targeted policies come into ...
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