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Understanding the standards of student achievement

While Australian universities already have good quality assurance measures in place, more needs to be done to ensure adequate assessment of student achievement and graduate outcomes, a seminar in Melbourne heard last week. Professor Alan Robson, vice-chancellor of the University ...

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India, Australia agree to regular talks

The Indian and Australian education ministers have agreed to hold annual talks, in a significant outcome of Julia Gillard’s visit to the subcontinent last week. Gillard said the annual dialogue, which she’d arranged with Indian human resource development minister Kapil ...

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National briefs

New astronomy centre to boost Aussie SKA bid A multi-million dollar astronomy research centre has opened in Western Australia, with backers hoping it will boost the nation’s bid to secure the world’s largest telescope. The International Centre for Radio Astronomy ...

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The working hours question: 24 or free-for-all?

The Senate inquiry into the welfare of international students is juggling two proposals on the amount of hours international students should be allowed to work: raising the current 20-hour limit to 24 hours a week, or lifting restrictions altogether. Under ...

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Nuclear smokescreen? Here’s a conspiracy theory

Has education been caught in the crossfire over uranium sales to India, asks John Ross. Claims that Australia is racist, based on incidents of violence against Indian students, have left education figures bemused. After all, no Australian officials have denied ...

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International briefs

German PhD scandal German prosecutors are investigating over 100 senior academics at a dozen of the country’s top universities on suspicion that they awarded doctorates to hundreds of mediocre or unqualified students after taking bribes from a firm of educational ...

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Apollo takes giant step into UK market

The University of Phoenix’s parent company has taken a toehold in the UK market, writes Lucy Hodges. A huge, private, US higher education company has established a foothold in the UK market. Apollo Global has just paid £303 million ($590 ...

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