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The federal government has scrapped plans to place a "lifetime cap" on student loans, but has been granted support from the lower house to reduce the repayment threshold. Legislation to lower the repayment threshold from $55,000 to $45,000 has been ...
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The federal government has appointed a new chair and five new members to the Higher Education Standards Panel, tasked with helping "maintain the quality and standards" of Australia's higher education system. Minister for education and training, Simon Birmingham, congratulated the new ...
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Engineers from the University of Sydney and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have agreed to collaborate on research into artificial intelligence, food technology, clean energy and waste management. The "faculty-to-faculty partnership" will see engineering and information technology students explore new ...
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Measuring an elephant Delivering higher education assessments online will transform efficiencies in a system already estimated to cost into the billions. Student assessment is a pillar of higher education. It bookends who gets in and gets out, signposts achievement, gatekeeps ...
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More than five million Australians are expected to engage in study this year, and a third of students will be over the age of 35, according to the latest research. The newest figures come from Roy Morgan, and the data ...
More »Cambridge University responds to Facebook data leak scandal
Emails shown to various UK media outlets have revealed an acrimonious history between Dr Aleksandr Kogan – the Cambridge University academic at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data leak scandal – and his university colleagues. The Guardian and The Financial ...
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A surplus of skilled migrants is potentially leading to even greater job competition for graduates, a population expert has suggested. Dr Bob Birrell, the founding director of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University, and now the President ...
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As enrollments in online courses continue to rise, new research has shown universities need to do more to make their online services successful. In the most recent study on the topic, University of Newcastle's Dr Cathy Stone and University of ...
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