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Concerns with the NLC and other matters
Private health insurance giant BUPA has donated $100,000 to an international student assurance fund, OSAssurance, which is run by the NLC – the organisation that all five Sydney universities have agreed not to endorse (CR, 28.04.09). CR understands the NLC, ...
More »Thin edge of the wedge?
Teaching-only universities have become a non-issue. The Bradley panel settled that by lining up behind the research-teaching nexus. Universities should conduct research in the areas where they offer degrees, the panel found. But does that mean the research-teaching nexus has ...
More »The ABC of university governance
Public universities which place a strong emphasis on academic, business and corporate governance are afforded the best prospects of long-term success, says Garry Carnegie. Organisations of all types require the achievement and maintenance of good or effective governance. Indeed, organisations ...
More »The good giving
Philanthropic donations to universities have so far been relatively unaffected by the GFC, says Ben Power.nking it might just turn and around and hoping it is,” she said. Christopher Thorn, executive director of Goldman Sachs JBWere’s philanthropic services team, says ...
More »Beyond the maze
Are we about to embark on a new age of evidence-based policy, asks Robin Ryan. April’s AVETRA conference once again met the high standard of organisation and quality content that has been established in recent years. As in any good ...
More »Greens call for inquiry into international students’ experiences
Ring the office of the Overseas Student Support Network Australia, and you’re greeted with a recorded message of someone coughing loudly into the mouthpiece. It’s a bit freaky in these times of swine flu. A generic message then informs you ...
More »AUQA’s smallest audit provides its own challenges
With just one higher education degree, the Gordon Institute of TAFE may be AUQA’s smallest audit. But the Gordon, as it is called by Geelong locals, still produced plenty of challenges for the AUQA team. It wasn’t so much about ...
More »Opening the doors a little wider
The target set by the federal government to increase low SES students’ participation in higher education to 20 per cent is unreachable in Victoria, Professor Glyn Davis, vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, said last week. In a speech to ...
More »Uni graduates do better – especially the blokes
The latest research into the employment experiences of university graduates confirms what we already knew: graduates get jobs more quickly and earn lots more money.omparison, education graduates – also earning $42,000 a year out – were earning just $56,000 afte ...
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