Daily Archives: February 9, 2015
Fellowships promote new approaches to dementia fight
Young researchers from a diverse range of disciplines are being incentivised to take on dementia under a new program designed to encourage new approaches. Up to $46 million in joint funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the ...
More »Interview with Thomson Ch’ng
Education Editor Antonia Maiolo speaks to Thomson Ch’ng, president of the Council of International Students Australia, about what he thinks will be the big issues for international education throughout 2015.
More »Chapman, Go8’s Young to face Senate inquiry
Go8 chiefs and HECS experts are amongst those due to be quizzed in Canberra this afternoon as the Senate inquiry into the government’s proposed higher-education reforms rolls on. An appearance by ANU VC and Go8 chair professor Ian Young this ...
More »Indigenous graduates’ pay gap shrinking at the top
The earnings of Indigenous Australian university graduates appear to be nearly on par with their non-Indigenous colleagues, according to fresh data analysis by a University of Western Australia researcher. Based on data from Graduate Careers Australia’s annual Graduate Destinations surveys ...
More »Programs target apprenticeship completions
VET sector groups have welcomed new federal government initiatives aimed at improving apprenticeship completion rates. Under the arrangements set to begin from July next year, the government will provide $200 million a year to the newly announced Australian Apprenticeship Support Network, which ...
More »Researchers target food waste
Melbourne researchers are hoping to increase public awareness around grocery shopping and meal planning in an effort to reduce the estimated 40 per cent of all purchased food that is discarded by Australian households. A study carried out by RMIT, commissioned ...
More »Students count on PM’s Teacher of Year
Macquarie University’s John Croucher stands out by making math and statistics relevant and fun. By Dallas Bastian. Becoming a teacher was the last thing professor John Croucher wanted to do, thanks to a bad stammer that kept him from speaking ...
More »Aussie MBAs make top dollar
QS report credits strong currency, in part, for local graduates’ premium salaries. By Antonia Maiolo. Australian MBA graduates top the list in the Asia-Pacific region for the highest starting salaries, according to the latest rankings measuring the reputation of degrees ...
More »Nips, tucks for TEQSA
Educators discuss tweaks as regulator continues with reform. By Dallas Bastian. The bad decisions of a besieged TEQSA are the result of the atmosphere surrounding the national regulator, one academic proposed at a forum in Melbourne. During the Higher Ed ...
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