Education providers have the wrong approach to fee pricing for international students, argues Rob Harris. It has always been a concern of mine that education providers view education marketing, as a subset of education, rather than what it is – ...
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Trapping rainbows for future computers A new approach to trapping rainbows could lead to a form of computing that uses many different colours of light simultaneously to convey information. The approach, developed by Ivan Garanovich, Andrey Sukhorukov and Yuri Kivshar ...
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From pre-awareness to bequest, Melbourne Business School may have one of the most sophisticated CRM systems in higher education. But it hasn’t all been a bed of roses, writes Beverley Head. With the capacity to manage the relationship with individuals ...
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Robotic model struts her stufft crunch, and the use of language contributes to this process. The oxymoronic phrase toxic asset has been much in the news of late, with the Obama administration's announcement of a plan to encourage investors to ...
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In reality, Professor Punt is Stephen Clarke, professor of sports statistics at Swinburne University. Due to our publishing deadlines, our tips are a week ahead.
More »Graduate salaries level pegged no matter where you go
Graduates from Group of Eight universities earn no more upon graduation than their peers from lower status institutions, new research has found. The finding goes against assumptions that there are quality differences - and therefore outcomes - between Australian institutions. ...
More »Skilled migration cut will cost international enrolments: Birrell
Cuts announced early last week to Australia’s skilled migration program could cost Australia tens of thousands of international enrolments, particularly in the fast-growing vocational education and training (VET) sector. Dr Bob Birrell, co-director of Monash University’s Centre for Population and ...
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It is imperative that Australia sustain excellence in research, but the question is how, says Michael Gallagher. ng research active whatever that might mean. The structure of diversity should be cost-effective for Australia but not limit individual academic staff to ...
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There is now a much greater willingness to address the issue of standards, says David Woodhouse. The report of the higher education review calls, inter alia, for strengthened attention to standards. As the Australian Universities Quality Agency turns 10 next ...
More »Downtime blues: government widens its apprenticeship rescue package
The federal government is changing the guidelines for its apprenticeship rescue package, amid fears that the program is too rigid to save apprentices’ jobs. But some training figures still fear the package isn’t flexible enough to prevent redundancies. Last month ...
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