Universities will be forced to raise the bar for enrolment in education degrees, and ensure that all graduates know how to teach children to read and write, and how to keep classrooms under control. All trainee teachers will be taught ...
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CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Live from the ASU+GSV Summit - Episode 116 This week, Martin Betts attended the 2024 Arizona State University + Global Silicon Valley Summit in San Diego. Along with the co-chief executive of mentoring ed-tech Vygo, Joel ...
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A proposal to change the way universities are led, including how much vice-chancellors can be paid, was put to education ministers last Friday after union data showed an alarming number of mining and banking executives sitting on uni governing councils. ...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday said the upcoming May 14 budget will consider providing relief for university student financial issues such as unpaid placements and disproportionately increasing HECS-HELP debts. Latest inflation numbers released on Wednesday say HECS repayments will increase ...
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CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: How universities can successfully merge - Episode 114 Anthony Finkelstein is the vice-chancellor of City, University of London, which is set to merge with St George's University of London on August 1. This week, he sits ...
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Skills, training and educator bodies have backed the Prime Minister's Future Made in Australia Act that will grow Australia's in-house manufacturing capabilities. The Prime Minister last Thursday outlined his plan to boost Australia's economic sovereignty through increased on-shore manufacturing and ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Where can technology take us and how can we harness it? – Episode 112
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