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Decoding the PPP: how many places per person?

The federal government’s Productivity Places Program (PPP) is geared towards funding an astronomical 711,000 training places over the next four years. But if you’ve been thinking this means 711,000 people, you’re sadly mistaken. According to the ‘National Partnership Agreement on ...

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Come together: Queensland unis tackle participation

Queensland’s universities have agreed in principle to take a collaborative approach to attracting disadvantaged students to higher education, arguing that competitive marketing strategies target those who have already decided to go. Representatives from all eight public universities were party to ...

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Fake journals undermine academic publishing

Six fake Australian medical journals produced by academic publishing giant Elsevier have undermined confidence in commercial publishers. Gavin Moodie, principal policy adviser at Griffith University and an expert on academic integrity, described the scandal as a “timely warning” to universities ...

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‘Churn and concern’ over income support

One of the welcome surprises of the federal budget was its acceptance of all of the Bradley report’s student income support recommendations, and with only limited modifications. The Bradley recommendations had been widely praised, and income support had been considered ...

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No dead end review for Bradley

A little over a year ago, Australia’s higher education community could have been excused for greeting the latest higher education review with scepticism. With a history of reviews leading to little significant reform, the sector mightn’t have been thrilled by ...

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Sackings threat story a distortion: UNSW

The University of NSW has strongly denied reports that it threatened staff with sackings if they proceeded with their wage rise campaign. In an email to university staff last week, acting vice-chancellor Professor Richard Henry said a Sydney Morning Herald ...

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Delivering benefits

The government’s budget response stands universities in good stead to adapt to a changing world, says Peter Coaldrake. Human ingenuity has enabled us to populate almost every possible part of the globe. It has delivered unprecedented growth in prosperity, lifespan ...

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Into the mix

The Bradley targets might mean universities can no longer privilege the academically competent at point of application but have to embrace selection of the full mix, says Conor King. Glyn Davis’s much reported claim that at a real low-SES rate ...

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Growth strategies for the downturn

In difficult economic times, how can private training providers grow their businesses while minimising risk, asks John Mitchell. When the federal government announced recently that some long-standing providers of employment services would not have their contracts renewed, it was a ...

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