Same work, less pay Universities across the US – notably in financially desperate California – are compelling staff to take unpaid leave to reduce their wages bill. But for many academics, it amounts to a pay cut with no offsetting ...
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If Australia is having a problem with dodgy private colleges exploiting immigration rules, then the UK government is being condemned for failing to tackle the problem of bogus colleges, which has allowed tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to come ...
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More »A repair manual for international education: better policy, better policing
Poor federal skilled migration policy and inadequate state regulation are at the heart of the crisis in international education, according to the heads of the industry’s professional association and its biggest recruiter. And they say that while Australian education’s international ...
More »Seesaw stats show the migration system is skewed
Statistical differences between the courses overseas students apply for and the courses they eventually enrol in illustrate how migration objectives are distorting Australia’s international education industry, according to IDP Education chief executive Anthony Pollock. Pollock said Department of Immigration and ...
More »Shakespeare Hong Kong style
Simon Haines goes to a colourful drama festival and wonders why we don’t put such events on at home. On a couple of occasions in the past two or three years I’ve been invited to lecture to large groups of ...
More »IRU takes CDU into the fold
Charles Darwin University last week joined Innovative Research Universities group, bringing back up to seven the number of institutions under its umbrella. Last year, Macquarie University, an original member of the group which formed in 2003, withdrew from the group, ...
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$15m for Australia-Asia student exchange The Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong scholarship program has been extended for a further 10 years. The partnership between the Australian government and the Hong Kong-based company Cheung Kong Holdings will support international education exchange and ...
More »National regulation – but not necessarily a single regulator
A national agency “with a presence in each state and territory” will take over regulation of vocational education and training (VET) and eventually higher education as well, under new recommendations from Skills Australia. But the jury’s still out on whether ...
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