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Foreign applications to US graduate schools grow slowly The number of Chinese and Middle Eastern students applying for admission to US graduate programs surged while applications from India and South Korea fell, according to a survey by the Council of ...

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Hop to it

James Cook University was a beneficiary after a massive cane toad hunt in northern Queensland. The university took possession of dozens of toads following the inaugural Toad Day Out hunt in late March. The biggest specimens were given to a ...

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Checked mate 8

/p> WK on a3, WQ on b6, WRs on c1 and g1, WPs on a4, b3, c3 and f2. BK on f7, BQ on d2, BR on a8, BB on e4, BN on d6. Black to play and win. 1 ...

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In the wake of Stern and the GFC

Business education in Australia looks set for its second revolution as educators and industry seek to impart the lessons of climate change and financial meltdown, reports Jeremy Gilling. The Australian Treasury, derided by some for its narrow, conservative and orthodox ...

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Design your own degree at Swinburne

More flexibility, better employment prospects and improved student retention are the expected outcomes following a move by Swinburne University to adopt a new flexible majors and minors model of undergraduate education. The model, to be introduced at the beginning of ...

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Bologna’s no sideshow: Schwartz

Europe’s Bologna process is more relevant than ever to Australia in the wake of the Bradley review, according to Macquarie University vice-chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz. The chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Bologna says Australia can’t afford to be ...

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Unaligned unis have strength in numbers

The momentum for 15 Australian universities that do not have an affiliation with a formal grouping may be slowly building. And despite differences with the unaligned universities, there is enough sense of common purpose and strength in numbers for a ...

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India, Korea join the billion dollar club

China might be Australia’s biggest education export market but India is closing the gap, according to the latest research snapshot from Australian Education International (AEI). The analysis shows that while income from education services provided to Chinese nationals topped $3 ...

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Vic TAFE “full service” funding clarified

TAFEs will receive around 10 per cent extra funding to meet their costs as “full service providers” under Victoria’s revamped VET system, the acting deputy secretary of Skills Victoria revealed last week. Philip Clarke told the Skilling for the Future ...

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The secret history of Bologna

The Bologna process has been driven by a whole series of hidden agendas, and led to opposition from unlikely sources. Yet it’s succeeded in harmonising higher education in one of the most diverse and conflict-ridden regions on earth. Emeritus Professor ...

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