Higher Education News in June 2011

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: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Australian and New Zealand higher education news in June 2011
Australian and New Zealand higher education news in June 2011 A smoother path awaits academics Australian Financial Review Higher Education Conference 2011 Research and development investment up, now for government to come to the party Big campuses annexing vocational education and training turf Higher education and training underperform for the underprivilieged Regional committee to go the distance Should TAFE teachers be paid the same as university lecturers? Unis fail the test to disclose 'slush' ties There's little hope in land of the fees The ELICOS canary: not dead just pining Honours for stand-out teachers: The ALTC awards Uni elections hit by claims of spending cap breaches HEKE Appeal Paying Off Trade, education on Key's India agenda Healthy sum for Picasso New Senate likely to pass $250 student amenities fee Future of regional communities relies on regional higher education Decrease in number of students considering dropping out of university Computer cuts off rural students World leading regulator builds on transformative higher education reform Uni students struggle with degree ennui UniSA calls for uncapped foundation courses as part of equity program Public concern over university funding, says survey Picasso fetches $20m for Sydney University US-based provider Kaplan keeping on with Adelaide university plans Big challenges on bottom of the world More university spots but 'it's hard to get in' Dons join Laureate International's Adelaide venture Adding Breadth to Specialist Degrees in Australia Universities look for benefactors to close funding gap Front and centre for a new voice Call to scrap child-care HECS debt Hurdles for universities in pursuit of innovation ANU to boost research prowess Graduates slip down the salary ladder as other professions offer big money Claims on uni rape need proper research University to offer CHCH101 Incentives idea for 'useful' degrees Indigenous Education Ambassadors share their tips on inspiring young people Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association Conference Massive Stromlo payout for ANU Global Laureate International Universities targets Adelaide Shout if you believe in research Renovation of grants tips tables Profile: Ian Chubb Fears fees hike will scare off overseas students VET statistics remain ambiguous Boys shy away from regional campuses Business-Higher Education Round Table Awards Bill Clinton's university to open in Adelaide in 2012 Uni takes hard line on drinking Coalition pushes to keep 'professional' students shackled Bid to stop 'professional students' Release of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan
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ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Australian and New Zealand higher education news in June 2011
Shocking world of our student drunks TAFEs challenged to compete Culture of campus sex coercion exposed in survey University of Canberra's new chief operating officer Global search for uni chief ends next door Gearing up to take on ERA 2012 UOW students barred from University Games PM backs education plan: 'blueprint' for communities' More students enrol in VET courses across Australia More time in class does not a student make Troubled history of an ERA Worth a second chance University students win $550 tax break Keep cap on subsidised study - opposition Low completion rates in vocations a concern Victorian TAFE Holmesglen gets Kaplan pay-out Youth Allowance changes worry Nash Small gains for big investment Hubs solution for niche courses Universities back uncapped study IHG and Bond University establish new Indigenous scholarship Newcastle University secures mining researcyh funds Uni considers regional teaching degree University of South Australia to relocate Magill students to city Country students aren't worse off Canberra uni-TAFE link less than a perfect match Higher education news resources from ACUMA Incorporated A smoother path awaits academics The Australian June 29 2011 RESEARCHERS submitting evidence of their performance in academic journals will find their paths smoother in the second round of the sector-wide quality audit, according to Australian Research Council chief exectuive Margaret Sheil. In a presentation to senior academics, Professor Sheil revisited the recent decision to drop journal rankings which were the source of angst in the first Excellence in Research for Australia initiative.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ZfMqz Australian Financial Review Higher Education Conference 2011 Speech: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans June 28 2011 Acknowledgements Im very pleased to take the opportunity to speak about the role of higher education in improving productivity. Its an opportunity to highlight the substantial structural changes that are underway in higher education as a result of the fundamental educational and economic reforms that flowed from the Governments response to the Bradley Review of Higher Education, and how these will contribute....
Full article: http://goo.gl/xvdQX Research and development investment up, now for government to come to the party The Australian June 29 2011 UNIVERSITY contributions to research and development have helped Australia play catch-up with its trading partners in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and record a respectable leap in R&D investment during the nine years to 2009.... Full article: http://goo.gl/cECW0 Big campuses annexing vocational education and training turf The Australian June 29 2011 FEARS that higher education is "decapitating" vocational education as universities capitalise on demanddriven funding arrangements emerging in both sectors, are supported by a new report on the two sectors' enrolment data. Tertiary Education and Training in Australia 2009, released this week by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, shows 14 per cent of training at the diploma and.... Full article: http://goo.gl/KIAag Higher education and training underperform for the underprivilieged The Australian June 28 2011 Publicly funded VET institutions conduct the vast bulk of training of the most disadvantaged people in Australia, according to a combined report on higher education and VET enrolment statistics. But experts say VETs equity profile isnt very different to that of higher education, with disadvantaged students concentrated in lower-level courses.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Ol3Qn Regional committee to go the distance PSNews.com.au June 29 2011 A new Ministerial Advisory Council is to be established to advise the Minister for Regional Australia on issues affecting country communities. The Minister, Simon Crean said the new Council would give regional communities even stronger backing at the highest level of government.... Full article: http://goo.gl/7P7E3
Should TAFE teachers be paid the same as university lecturers? The Age June 28 2011 Whats the difference between TAFE teachers and university lecturers? TAFE teachers spend most of their time teaching, while university lecturers are supposed to do a combination of teaching and research. The other major difference is that university lecturers get paid more than TAFE teachers.... Full article: http://goo.gl/riO1Y Unis fail the test to disclose 'slush' ties The Sydney Morning Herald June 29 2011 ACADEMICS must declare commercial interests online or risk an erosion of public trust in scholarly independence, University of Sydney researchers say. A survey of Australia's 39 universities, published this week, found disclosure policies were inadequate to alert the public to sponsored research and other conflicts of interest.... Full article: http://goo.gl/8Qq5E There's little hope in land of the fees The Australian June 29 2011 RECENTLY, the University of Texas system, which includes nine universities with more than 190,000 students, released a spreadsheet of 821 pages of information on its 13,000 academic staff. The information includes each academic's name, pay, the sources of their pay, their rank, tenure status, teaching load, research grants and, for some, the average of the grades they awarded and their average student satisfaction score.... Full article: http://goo.gl/f0N4k The ELICOS canary: not dead just pining The Australian June 27 2011 Sue Blundell, executive director of English Australia, says the dollar had stimulated enrolment growth from safe traditional markets in East Asia and Europe. Picture: James Croucher Source: The Australian When English Australia (EA) executive director Sue Blundell briefs her members on how the English language sector is tracking, she usually finishes her annual presentations with an image of a canary. It's a reference to ELICOS's canary-in-the-coalmine role as an early indicator of broader problems in international education.... Full article:
http://goo.gl/yq2cj Honours for stand-out teachers: The ALTC awards The Australian June 27 2011 EVERY university wins a prize in the last distribution of Australian Learning and Teaching awards. The ALTC, which winds up at the end of the year, will award its 2011 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in August with successful individuals and teams receiving $10,000.... Full article: http://goo.gl/9vsuf Uni elections hit by claims of spending cap breaches The Sydney Morning Herald June 27 2011 AUSTRALIA'S aspiring leaders of the future are embroiled in dirty politics at the University of Sydney, where allegations of forged receipts and breaches of spending caps for student election campaigns have surfaced. The university's vice-chancellor, Michael Spence, advised the University of Sydney Union that he would raise the allegations at tonight's senate meeting.... Full article: http://goo.gl/4LSmy HEKE Appeal Paying Off Voxy.co.nz June 27 2011 A sharp rise in expat graduates paying off their student loans is good news for Christchurch says the founder of the Heroic Educated Kiwi Expatriate (HEKE) campaign, Victoria University Professor Sir Paul Callaghan. The HEKE campaign to encourage overseas New Zealanders to pay off their student loans has been given a boost by IRD figures for April showing a 43% increase in student loan repayments over.... Full article: http://goo.gl/E9vT5 Trade, education on Key's India agenda One News via TVNZ.co.nz June 26 2011 Trade with India is expected to get a boost following a visit from John Key to the emerging superpower. The Prime Minister is travelling to Mumbai and New Delhi to negotiate a multi-billion dollar free trade agreement.... Full article: http://goo.gl/iSNec
Healthy sum for Picasso The Sydney Morning Herald June 23 2011 THE University of Sydney will invest in the health of Australia with the $20.6 million raised by the sale of a donated Picasso. The Vice-Chancellor, Michael Spence, said he would hire staff for a new research centre set up to fight diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Pablo Picasso's Jeune fille endormie was auctioned.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Ustj5 New Senate likely to pass $250 student amenities fee The Australian June 23 2011 LONG-contested legislation to introduce a $250 student amenities fee is likely to finally be passed by Parliament once the Greens assume the balance of power in the Senate from next month. However, Tom O'Sullivan, Australasian Campus Union Managers Association president, said there was a possibility the government may have to contemplate further changes to get the legislation.... Full article: http://goo.gl/HRoUE Future of regional communities relies on regional higher education Australian Council for Educational Research June 26 2011 Regional higher education institutions contribute significantly to the potential for Australias regional communities to develop a sustainable future, a recently released report suggests. The Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) this month released an ACER report on the characteristics, motivations, experiences and outcomes of students enrolled at higher education institutions in regional areas of Australia.... Full article: http://goo.gl/2JiAE Decrease in number of students considering dropping out of university Australian Council for Educationakl Research June 26 2011 Decrease in number of students considering dropping out of university There has been a decrease in the number of university students who are considering leaving university before graduation, according to a new report released by ACER. Dropout DNA, and the genetics of effective support, the latest research briefing from the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE), was released in June.... Full article:
http://goo.gl/2iO1V Computer cuts off rural students The Age June 24 2011 THE federal government has botched the delivery of payments to disadvantaged rural students after a computer glitch added an extra digit to students' bank account numbers. Some 225 students did not receive their Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund payments, worth $3000 each, when the grants were sent out in mid-June. Instead the $675,000 bounced back to the government.... Full article: http://goo.gl/XVDAG World leading regulator builds on transformative higher education reform Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans June 23 2011 Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, today welcomed the passage of legislation that builds on the transformation of Australias higher education system with the creation of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) .... Full article: http://goo.gl/zbHaQ Uni students struggle with degree ennui The Sydney Morning Herald June 22 2011 The main reason given to stop studying was boredom. One in three university students more than a year into their degree planned to drop out in 2010, naming boredom as the main reason for doing so. 34 per cent of later year students and 27 per cent of first year students indicated they would drop out in 2010, down from 35 per cent in 2008, research released this week shows.... Full article: http://goo.gl/YSzX8 UniSA calls for uncapped foundation courses as part of equity program The Australian June 22 2011 THE Gillard government's equity agenda could be at risk of backfiring if universities take in underprepared students and set them up for failure. In its submission to the base funding review, the University of South Australia argues for the uncapping of places for foundation courses in line with undergraduate places to avert the risk of universities enrolling under-prepared students directly into degree programs.... Full article: http://goo.gl/P1cFA
Public concern over university funding, says survey The Australian June 22 2011 THE reliance on international students to keep universities afloat has been given an emphatic thumbs down in a survey of the general public about attitudes toward higher education. More than three-quarters of people polled by UMR Research for the National Tertiary Education Union said the federal government was "too reliant on overseas fee-paying students to fund Australia's universities".... Full article: http://goo.gl/WS3x1 Picasso fetches $20m for Sydney University The Herald Sun June 22 2011 A PABLO Picasso painting given to the University of Sydney has fetched more than $20 million at an auction in London, with the sale proceeds to fund health research at the institution. The 40cm-wide painting, Jeune fille endormie, was one of 11 artworks given to the university last year by an anonymous donor, on the basis that any sale proceeds would go to research.... Full article: http://goo.gl/dcd2Z US-based provider Kaplan keeping on with Adelaide university plans The Australian June 22 2011 MIKE Rann's mission to turn Adelaide into an education hub has seen a few hits and misses, but US-based provider Kaplan has committed to pressing ahead with its plan to establish a campus there, despite delays. Kaplan's head of Asia-Pacific, Mark Coggins, said news of plans by Laureate International to also establish a private university there had little or no impact on his ambitions.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ezvaw Big challenges on bottom of the world The Australian June 22 2011 ABOUT five years ago, when a colleague and I were stranded by aircraft problems on our way to a meeting, he related a story about a mutual friend who, more than a decade before, had been denied tenure at the colleague's university. Let's call it University X. It is among the top few in any international research ranking of universities.... Full article: http://goo.gl/eppwq
More university spots but 'it's hard to get in' The Australian June 22 2011 GETTING a university education is harder than it should be, a sentiment shared by ordinary Australians and student activists alike. A survey by UMR Research for the National Tertiary Education Union, released today, found 71 per cent of the random sample think university has become less affordable and accessible over the past 10 to 15 years, despite an expansion in places.... Full article: http://goo.gl/dm4L3 Dons join Laureate International's Adelaide venture The Australian June 22 2011 FORMER Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Dennis Gibson has been recruited by Laureate International Universities to head a project team as it bids for approval to establish a new university in Adelaide. The former chancellor of RMIT University and long-serving council member of Bond University, Professor Gibson is also a member of the review panel looking into base funding of universities.... Full article: http://goo.gl/n7qqY Adding Breadth to Specialist Degrees in Australia The New York Times June 19 2011 Since Sophie Brough has her sights set on becoming a doctor, it is no surprise that science subjects like biology and chemistry feature prominently in her university timetable. What she did not expect was that she would also have the opportunity to study subjects as diverse as advanced French and Australian flora and fauna as part of her undergraduate degree.... Full article: http://goo.gl/mOKjp Universities look for benefactors to close funding gap The Sydney Morning Herald June 21 2011 PHILANTHROPY is becoming big business for Australian universities as they seek to prop up income from government and student fees. With the University of Sydney set to sell a donated Picasso for an expected $18 million tomorrow, the tertiary sector is embracing new methods of gleaning gifts.... Full article: http://goo.gl/nnHGA
Front and centre for a new voice The Age June 21 2011 LINDA Kristjanson is not one to beat around the bush. Five weeks into the job as Swinburne University's new vice-chancellor, she is keen to position the institution at the front of the national debate on higher education. With so many things in play federal reviews of funding, student visas and student income support she recognises this is a strategic moment to step forward.... Full article: http://goo.gl/AZoIA Call to scrap child-care HECS debt The Canberra Times June 16 2011 Professor Bruce Chapman, from the Australian National University's Crawford School of Economics, has proposed a new bonded HECS scheme as a way of addressing chronic shortages of qualified staff in child care. The Federal Government has mandated new National Quality Reforms which require all child-care staff to have a Certificate III in child care by the beginning of 2014.... Full article: http://goo.gl/BQqLj Hurdles for universities in pursuit of innovation Steven Schwartz in the Canberra Times June 17 2011 The benefits of higher education may need deeper study. We live in what higher education analysts James Engell and Anthony Dangerfield call the Age of Money, so it's not surprising that today's universities define their goals in economic terms they exist to drive the economy. The conventional wisdom is that universities drive the economy in two ways.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ER427 ANU to boost research prowess The Canberra Times June 17 2011 Australian National University Vice-Chancellor Ian Young has outlined a 10-year vision which aims to lift research rates to unprecedented levels, increase postgraduate numbers but limit overall growth, boost income and philanthropy and place the ANU at the centre of Australian public policy.... Full article: http://goo.gl/IMKrg
Graduates slip down the salary ladder as other professions offer big money The Australian June 17 2011 LAW graduates are earning less than the median starting salary for graduates across Australia and significantly trailing other professions such as dentistry, engineering and education. A Graduate Careers Australia report this week revealed the median starting salary for law graduates was $48,400 -- just shy of the median salary for all graduates of $49,000.... Full article: http://goo.gl/xtDFE Claims on uni rape need proper research Sydney Morning Herald June 17 2011 Sexual harrassment and violence on campus are a problem and universities need to get on board to help collect reliable data. One in six female university students have been raped and another 12 per cent have experienced attempted rape, according to the National Union of Students. These statistics would be shocking, if only they could be trusted. But can they? Full article: http://goo.gl/R7r38 University to offer CHCH101 Stuff.co.nz June 18 2011 Students who have helped earthquake-hit residents can put their service towards a new university course CHCH101. Canterbury University is offering CHCH101: Rebuilding Christchurch An Introduction to Community Engagement in Tertiary Studies to up to 500 students for semester two and summer school 2011-12.... Full article: http://goo.gl/BXf4B Incentives idea for 'useful' degrees Stuff.co.nz June 11 2011 The idea in KPMG's Agribusiness Agenda 2011 was prompted by "long-term decline" of graduates entering agriculture. "The Government makes a huge investment in tertiary education and a large chunk of that is funding the student loans scheme," KPMG head of agribusiness Ian Proudfoot said.... Full article: http://goo.gl/nxhxQ Indigenous Education Ambassadors share their tips on inspiring young people
Media release: The Hon Peter Garrett MP June 15 2011 Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, today welcomed the national Indigenous Education Ambassadors to Canberra for a workshop to share their skills and experience in promoting the value of education.... Full article: http://goo.gl/IP8PN Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association Conference ANZSSA cordially invites you to attend the 2011 Biennial Conference to take place at the University of Technology Sydney UTS) city campus from 4-7 December 2011. The theme of the 2011 Conference is: "Inclusion or Exclusion: Bridges to Engagement". http://www.epicconferences.com.au/anzssa2011/ http://goo.gl/LcKH5 Massive Stromlo payout for ANU The Canberra Times June 15 2011 One of Canberra's longest-running legal disputes has ended in a victory potentially worth tens of millions of dollars for ANU. The Australian National University has spent eight years suing global insurance giant Aon Risk Services in the ACT Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia over $27 million it claimed it was owed.... Full article: http://goo.gl/o0x4T Global Laureate International Universities targets Adelaide The Australian June 15 2011 US-BASED Laureate International Universities is pushing to set up in Adelaide the first new Australian university in more than a decade with a high-end pitch for those prepared to pay for it. The global for-profit Laureate, which boasts former US president Bill Clinton as honorary chancellor, is betting that there will be enough students willing to pay full fees of about $80,000 for their degrees to make its target of 3500 students by 2022 viable.... Full article: http://goo.gl/K81Ue Shout if you believe in research The Australian June 15 2011 THE repugnant threats of violence against academics' research on climate change reminds us that much of what occurs in universities is of a political nature.
What is taught and how it is taught influences social thinking and attitudes; remember the culture war and the depiction of universities being inhabited by Marxist ideologues? Full article: http://goo.gl/2g17i Renovation of grants tips tables The Australian June 15 2011 TOP universities have lost out in a reconfiguration of federal spending intended to reward research collaboration with industry, community partners and public sector agencies. Joint research engagement funding, which replaced the institutional grants scheme from last year, was designed to be an incentive to boost institutions' commitment to end-user research.... Full article: http://goo.gl/1h0Ho Profile: Ian Chubb The Sydney Morning Herald June 15 2011 His political skills and forceful advocacy will be invaluable to the future of science. Australia's new chief scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, ''retired'' in March after 10 years leading the Australian National University. His break lasted less than three months.... Full article: http://goo.gl/foJrY Fears fees hike will scare off overseas students Otago Daily Times June 15 2011 International students at the University of Otago face fee hikes of up to 5% next year, despite concerns from student association representatives the increase might put prospective overseas scholars off coming to Dunedin.... Full article: http://goo.gl/rHMXY VET statistics remain ambiguous The Australian June 15 2011 OF the 60 biggest providers of publicly funded vocational training, just two - ranked 58th and 59th respectively - are privately owned, according to Australia's first extensive report on training at the institutional level. The 2009 vocational education and training provider collection, released last week by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, is the first large-scale report under new ministerial.... Full article:
http://goo.gl/CJSyW Boys shy away from regional campuses The Australian June 15 2011 Ben McCulloch, a final-year education student at the Burnie campus of the University of Tasmania, is hoping for a position in a local primary school next year. AS an education student, Burnie local Ben McCulloch says being a male on his female-dominated campus is "like being in training" for when he graduates as a primary teacher.... Full article: http://goo.gl/49XzX Business-Higher Education Round Table Awards June 2011 B-HERT Awards were established in 1998 to recognise outstanding achievement in collaboration between business and higher education in the fields of research & development and education & training. The objective of the program is to highlight at a national level the benefits of such collaboration and enhance links between industry and universities.... Full article: http://goo.gl/EB9Oq Bill Clinton's university to open in Adelaide in 2012 AdelaideNow.com.au June 14 2011 A NEW international university slated for Adelaide and affiliated with Bill Clinton will attract up to 3000 students. It's slated to boost the state economy by up to $1.8 billion, and The Advertiser understands the university wants to start teaching in South Australia by next year, with plans for more than 3000 enrolled students within 10 years.... Full article: http://goo.gl/FIDWk Uni takes hard line on drinking The Waikato Times June 14 2011 OPINION: No-one in this country would deny our young people have a drinking problem. The media is full of stories about students passing out, young girls doing things they regret the next morning and couches being burnt on the street.... Full article: http://goo.gl/PWclg Coalition pushes to keep 'professional' students shackled The Sydney Morning Herald
June 13 2011 THE Coalition will fight to retain a Howard-era rule designed to discourage ''professional students'' by limiting access to publicly-subsidised university study. The Gillard government has introduced legislation to abolish the ''student learning entitlement,'' which requires students to pay full fees after they have enjoyed seven years of Commonwealth-supported study.... Full article: http://goo.gl/2g6hR Release of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan Media Release: The Hon Peter Garrett MP June 09 2011 The Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, visited Penders Grove Primary School today to support the launch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan. The Action Plan will help schools to accelerate the achievement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. By providing for specific targets across all governments, the Plan is a direct pathway to closing.... Full article: http://goo.gl/z3WRc Shocking world of our student drunks NZ Medical Journal/New Zealand Herald June 10 2011 Nearly a third of university drinkers have passed out while boozing in the past six months - and many say vomiting does not stop them continuing a binge.... Full article: http://goo.gl/d3C41 TAFEs challenged to compete The Sydney Morning Herald June 11 2011 Liberal Gareth Ward at Bomaderry TAFE during the NSW state election campaign. TAFE institutes would be forced to compete with private colleges for all public funding under radical reforms to be considered by the NSW government. The Premier, Barry O'Farrell, said he was open to looking at reforms his chief public servant introduced under two state Labor governments.... Full article: http://goo.gl/icSYT Culture of campus sex coercion exposed in survey The Sydney Morning Herald June 10 2011
A SURPRISINGLY high proportion of female university students have been sexually assaulted, stalked or sexually harassed at some time in their life, according to a survey by the National Union of Students to be released today. The survey shows one in six respondents had been raped and a further 12 per cent had experienced.... Full article: http://goo.gl/qAnGG University of Canberra's new chief operating officer The Australian June 10 2011 Maria Storti has been appointed as the University of Canberra's group chief operating officer. Ms Storti, who has an MBA graduate from Canberra, is moving from Ernst & Young where she has been a partner specialising in performance improvement in government.... Full article: http://goo.gl/NJpCW Global search for uni chief ends next door The Australian June 09 2011 POLITICAL scientist Richard Higgott will be Murdoch University's next vice-chancellor. Professor of political economy at Warwick University, he is a scholar with an international profile and has long-standing academic ties to Perth. Last December he took up a Winthrop chair at the University of Western Australia. He is on leave.... Full article: http://goo.gl/nB16Y Gearing up to take on ERA 2012 The Australian June 08 2011 THE size and composition of the panels of academics that judge university research performance across the country are still under consideration, as the sector gears up for the federal government's second round of evaluation, due next year.... Full article: http://goo.gl/KtU36 UOW students barred from University Games Illawarra Mercury June 07 2011 The University of Wollongong has banned scores of students from competing in a national tertiary sporting event at the Gold Coast this year - for fear of "unacceptable alcohol-related behaviour".
All 180 students who participated in last year's Australian University Games event in Perth will be denied the opportunity to compete in Australian University Sports-conducted events for the remainder.... Full article: http://goo.gl/2Lx8e PM backs education plan: 'blueprint' for communities' The Manning River Times June 07 2011 Work to attract more Mid North Coast students into higher-level vocational and university programs has received a further boost, after a feasibility study into future education options for the region was handed to Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week.... Full article: http://goo.gl/f5sKL More students enrol in VET courses across Australia Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans May 31 2011 A new report shows that the Gillard Governments record investments in education and training is delivering positive results with 1.8 million students now enrolled in the public Vocational Education and Training system in 2010, up 5.4 per cent from 2009. Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Senator Chris Evans welcomed the report; Australian Vocational Education And Training Statistics: Students And Courses 2010 - Preliminary Data.... Full article: http://goo.gl/QtC94 More time in class does not a student make The Australian June 06 2011 GENERATION Z, aka the millenials, the iGeneration and generation Next, are on track to be the most educated cohort in history. Now in school, this generation will be profoundly shaped not only by the wireless, hyperlinked, usergenerated world into which they have been born but by their 15 to 20 years in formal education.... Full article: http://goo.gl/A7cjQ Troubled history of an ERA University World News June 05 2011 In what must be an embarrassing backdown for the Australian Research Council and the Minister for Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, one element of the controversial Excellence in Research for Australia assessment scheme has been scrapped: the scheme's method of ranking academic journals which had been roundly criticised from the moment anyone started to take notice of it.... Full article:
http://goo.gl/z7eev Worth a second chance The Sydney Morning Herald June 06 2011 Some universities are looking beyond the traditional admissions system, writes Yuko Narushima. Anxious about receiving his tertiary admission rank, a boy taps out a message on a web forum. ''Hey, in two days' time, I am certain I will get the news of a bad ATAR [Australian Tertiary Admission Rank] mark,'' he tells the anonymous thousands who will later click on his post.... Full article: http://goo.gl/hRwFi University students win $550 tax break The Sunday Telegraph June 05 2011 The ATO will notify 45,000 students of the tax break this month / File ABOUT 45,000 students will receive an automatic tax deduction of $550 to cover their study expenses. The move by the Australian Tax Office is set to deliver a $7 million blow to the Budget and follows a High Court ruling late last year that allowed a trainee teacher to deduct study expenses against her Youth Allowance income.... Full article: http://goo.gl/uo7Zm Keep cap on subsidised study - opposition The Herald Sun June 01 2011 THE federal opposition has urged the government to keep capping the amount of publicly subsidised tertiary study Australian students can undertake. Students can only enjoy a Commonwealth supported university place for a maximum of seven full-time years, unless there are exceptional mitigating circumstances.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Ir5dJ Low completion rates in vocations a concern The Australian June 01 2011 LOW completion rates for students in publicly funded vocational education and training have underscored Skills Australia's pitch for a switch to outcomes-based funding. But even Skills Australia is cautious, saying the data could be exaggerated by students enrolling in courses simply to take a specific module rather than securing a qualification.... Full article:
http://goo.gl/EOEQD Victorian TAFE Holmesglen gets Kaplan pay-out The Australian June 01 2011 THE Washington Post's education arm Kaplan will pay Victorian TAFE Holmesglen $4 million over four years in consulting fees as the price of winning the TAFE institute's support for its takeover of private college major Carrick. Last year, Holmesglen lent $6.5m to Carrick Education, which was in danger of financial collapse. The loan was part of a plan to secure a stake in Carrick, a plan that was later vetoed by Victoria's Baillieu.... Full article: http://goo.gl/xVls6 Youth Allowance changes worry Nash NineMSN.com.au June 02 2011 Nationals senator Fiona Nash has raised concerns about how exactly the federal government will give inner-regional students a better income support deal. Labor has tightened Youth Allowance eligibility criteria so that students from city and inner-regional areas must work an average of 30 hours a week for 18 months to qualify for the benefit's more generous independent rate.... Full article: http://goo.gl/YlHBJ Small gains for big investment The Australian June 01 2011 IT is widely assumed that Australia's regional universities substantially change how many regional students attend university and the growth of local businesses. These are plausible assumptions. But are they backed by evidence? In a recent report for Grattan Institute, Investing in Regions: Making a Difference, we compared cities of a similar size and found that private-sector growth, university participation and the number of people staying in their home town were similar, whether or not there was a regional university.... Full article: http://goo.gl/NcLjR Hubs solution for niche courses The Australian June 01 2011 A MODEL for concentrating research areas at certain institutions, called hubs and spokes, could be applied to teaching as a way to sustain disciplines that may be affected by low enrolments once the student-driven demand system starts next year.
The proposal, which has been informally floated by Universities Australia, could result in some niche.... Full article: http://goo.gl/iuZlb Universities back uncapped study NineMSN.com.au June 02 2011 Australian universities have rallied behind Labor draft laws that allow students access to unlimited, publicly subsidised tertiary study. Students can only enjoy a Commonwealth-supported university place for a maximum of seven full-time years, unless there are exceptional mitigating circumstances.... Full article: http://goo.gl/83CCz IHG and Bond University establish new Indigenous scholarship eTravelBlackboard.com June 02 2011 IHG Bruce McKenzie and Bond Elizabeth RobertsThe search has begun for an inaugural candidate for the IHG Scholarship, a new program to support a student of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent through Bond Universitys three-year Bachelor of Tourism Management. The Bond University IHG Scholarship, which covers all tuition costs for the six consecutive semesters of the degree commencing 2012, also guarantees an internship with IHG.... Full article: http://goo.gl/O2PhH Newcastle University secures mining researcyh funds Australian Mining June 01 20111 The University of Newcastle has been granted more than one million dollars to develop new mining technology. The $1.3 million Linkage Program grant from the Australian Research Council will fund investigation into a number of mining products. These projects include $560 000 to develop new planning tools to maximise the value of blended mineral products such as coal and iron ore in the mining supply chain; $230 000 to enhance carbon.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Mympk Uni considers regional teaching degree ABC News June 01 2011
The head of the University of South Australia's (UniSA) regional campuses says a teaching degree is a strong possibility for Whyalla and Mount Gambier, despite competition from the opening of a University of Adelaide campus in Port Augusta.... Full article: http://goo.gl/EjaPW University of South Australia to relocate Magill students to city AdelaideNow.com.au June 03 2011 University of South Australia students Ryan Sahb, Chloe Bouras, Natalie Koufos, Gary Kilcksworth, Steph Timotheou and Benjamin Sizer on campus at Magill. THE University of South Australia wants to move all 6000 students from its Magill campus to the city.... Full article: http://goo.gl/FrGPE Country students aren't worse off The Sydney Morning Herald June 01 2011 THE number of students in country areas receiving the youth allowance has increased by more than 20 per cent since controversial changes were made to the system in April last year. The figures from the federal Education Department undermine a Coalition campaign to overturn the changes, based on the claim that the new system had left students in regional areas worse off. Coalition senators are expected to question department officials and the Tertiary Education Minister, Chris Evans.... Full article: http://goo.gl/45ZIp Canberra uni-TAFE link less than a perfect match The Australian June 01 2011 A RIFT between Canberra's university and TAFE is emerging as both sides set out their rival expectations for their potential marriage. While the Canberra Institute of Technology is talking up a partnership of equals, the university appears intent on an old-fashioned takeover.... Full article: http://goo.gl/wOSSN Higher education news resources from ACUMA Incorporated: Full daily updates for ACUMA members Limited daily public updates Monthly public higher education news summaries Daily higher education news on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acumainc
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