Private health insurance giant BUPA has donated $100,000 to an international student assurance fund, OSAssurance, which is run by the NLC – the organisation that all five Sydney universities have agreed not to endorse (CR, 28.04.09). CR understands the NLC, ...

Teaching-only universities have become a non-issue. The Bradley panel settled that by lining up behind the research-teaching nexus. Universities should conduct research in the areas where they offer degrees, the panel found. But does that mean the research-teaching nexus has ...

Philanthropic donations to universities have so far been relatively unaffected by the GFC, says Ben Power.nking it might just turn and around and hoping it is,” she said. Christopher Thorn, executive director of Goldman Sachs JBWere’s philanthropic services team, says ...

Ring the office of the Overseas Student Support Network Australia, and you’re greeted with a recorded message of someone coughing loudly into the mouthpiece. It’s a bit freaky in these times of swine flu. A generic message then informs you ...

With just one higher education degree, the Gordon Institute of TAFE may be AUQA’s smallest audit. But the Gordon, as it is called by Geelong locals, still produced plenty of challenges for the AUQA team. It wasn’t so much about ...

The target set by the federal government to increase low SES students’ participation in higher education to 20 per cent is unreachable in Victoria, Professor Glyn Davis, vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, said last week. In a speech to ...

The latest research into the employment experiences of university graduates confirms what we already knew: graduates get jobs more quickly and earn lots more money.omparison, education graduates – also earning $42,000 a year out – were earning just $56,000 afte ...

If university administrators are pessimistic about their prospects for increased funding in this week’s federal budget, they’re unlikely to find much consolation in the state and territory budgets. The first three, released last Tuesday, barely acknowledged the existence of universities ...

Rosenbery appointed to La Trobeth the Victorian TAFE system. Previously he worked in building corporate business with United Airlines, being based in both Melbourne and Chicago. He has also worked with Qantas in their Australian resorts division. Glover appointed to ...

Malcolm White's example of a trade qualification, such as diesel mechanic, to justify the distinctiveness between VET and higher education does a disservice to the number of areas that VET and higher education clearly do overlap (CR, 27.04.09). Paraprofessional areas ...