ATEC
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Politics
Barney Glover appointed head of ATEC
Professor Barney Glover has been appointed chief commissioner of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission permanently, Education Minister Jason Clare announced…
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Policy & Reform
$50,000 arts degrees look set to stay
A Greens bill to slash university fees for arts, law and business students is unlikely to pass the Senate, despite…
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Policy & Reform
Australian Greens lack support to reverse JRG
The Australian Greens have failed to gain widespread support for its bill that would reverse the job-ready graduates funding scheme,…
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Policy & Reform
ATEC passes Senate with strengthened powers
The Australian Tertiary Education Commission will have five commissioners, advise on research and produce reports without ministerial approval after legislation…
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Funding
JRG ‘part of problem’ facing young people
Independent MP Allegra Spender has included the cost of university degrees in a list of fiscal policies contributing to intergenerational…
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Policy & Reform
Inquiry reports on ATEC legislation
The Australian Greens will fight for more independence and remit for the proposed Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC).
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Policy & Reform
Unis should ban group assignments: Leeser
The shadow education minister has told universities they should ban group assignments and improve on antisemitism in his first address…
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Events
Sector must back First Nations ATEC role
An Indigenous higher education leader has warned the sector must back the First Nations commissioner of the proposed Australian Tertiary…
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Policy & Reform
Support for ATEC with minor amendments
The first public hearing about the proposed Australian Tertiary Education Commission heard wide support for the steward, along with concerns…
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Funding
Are universities funded too well, or not enough?
A recent federal government report has portrayed a positive financial outlook on the university sector, even as peak bodies continue…
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Policy & Reform
Sector cautious about proposed ATEC legislation
The peak university body has said the proposed Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) is not what was promised and could…
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Policy & Reform
ATEC bill to be scrutinised by inquiry
Education Minister Jason Clare has explained to his colleagues exactly how his new education body would steward the tertiary education…
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Workforce
$218m in wages recovered by Fair Work
The Fair Work Ombudsman is probing 28 universities about wage underpayment scandals and have recovered $218 million in unpaid wages…
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Policy & Reform
University role in productivity roundtable
A tax write-off for small businesses that hire PhD graduates, lower course fees and higher PhD stipends are some of…
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Funding
ATEC starts work with reform agenda
Tertiary education's new steward will focus on allocating university funding, harmonising tertiary education and negotiating mission-based contracts.
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Podcasts
HEDx: Could ATEC boost social license?
Verity Firth and Alphia Possamai-Inesedy discuss the challenges universities face in maintaining, or seeking to regain, social licence and serve…
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