University deans have accused the NSW education minister of “fouling his own nest” over criticisms of accredited teaching courses which he told News Limited media were potentially letting down students and schools. Discussing the findings of a yet to be ...
More »Pyne vows reform fight isn’t over
The education minister, Christopher Pyne, has pledged to introduce a revised version of his government’s higher-education deregulation reforms to parliament after the Senate recently voted to reject the package announced as part of May’s federal Budget. Despite further amendments – including the ...
More »VC Parker launches screed against reforms
University of Canberra VC professor Stephen Parker has launched a scathing attack against Universities Australia, his fellow university chiefs and the government itself as the Coalition’s controversial higher-education reforms face a fascinating week in the Senate. In an incendiary speech ...
More »Fight to define higher education
University staff are coming together to contradict vice-chancellors on deregulation and push to make institutions what they should be. By Julie-Ann Robson The Abbott Government’s ideological push to deregulate universities, together with the spectacle of the Go8 vice-chancellors clambering after ...
More »Shorten, Pyne spar as reform debate winds down
The education minister, Christopher Pyne, and federal opposition leader Bill Shorten have traded fresh jibes over the Coalition’s higher-education reform bill, which remains bogged down in the Senate with just a handful of sitting days left this year. In a ...
More »Students value technology when picking uni
The integration of new and emerging technologies into learning spaces is a key factor influencing prospective students’ choice of university. Results from a newly released survey of 1500 students – made up of those studying and recent graduates – from Australia, India, Singapore, ...
More »Professor backs Obama in Reef rift with Bishop
A senior University of Queensland marine environment researcher has waded into the political milieu following Barack Obama’s recent speech at his university after Australian Government figures criticised the US president’s concerns regarding the Great Barrier Reef. In his UQ address, which ...
More »Private VET inquiry expected in Senate
A motion calling for a Senate inquiry into the regulation and funding of private vocational education and training providers is set to be passed today. The inquiry would follow the Coalition Government’s recently announced crackdown on “unscrupulous or misleading behaviour by ‘brokers’ ...
More »China FTA – for the win!
Universities say higher education will be one of the big winners in Australia and China’s historic free trade agreement (FTA), which includes frameworks that will expand mutual recognition of qualifications between the two countries. As part of the deal, finalised yesterday in ...
More »Obama expected to focus on trade in UQ speech
It has been described as one of the great PR coups of the Brisbane G20 Leaders' Summit, US president Barack Obama is due to make an address at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus this weekend. The invite-only address is set ...
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