Over 81, 000 applicants for a place in a Victorian university or TAFE institute received notification on 16 January 2012 about the success or otherwise of their applications. Overall , the Victorian Tertiary Applications Centre (VTAC) issued 59,992 offers on behalf of universities and participating TAFES and private colleges [GO HERE FOR VTAC DATA]. The majority of these - 47, 927 - were offers of a place at a university. With early offers to 9,559 applicants, the total number of domestic applicants with the offer of a place at a university was 54,155 (discounting multiple offers), an increase of 8.5% over last year and an overall record. Since caps were … [Read more...]
Shining Knight to the rescue (2)
29/01/2012 by 2 Comments
With the competiveness of Australian universities in the international market ravaged by recent changes to visa requirements and the high value of the A$, the choices facing Knight and the government were stark, given that international revenue is critical to the financial sustainability of the sector. As Knight summed them up, without the prop of international revenue, universities would have to either reduce their level of research or reduce their level of services to Australian students, most likely both. The only way to avoid such reductions would be for Australian taxpayers to “makeup the shortfall”. Chinese education agents reacted positively, saying … [Read more...]
Academic honours – Order of Australia citations
29/01/2012 by 7 Comments
Emeritus Professor Kwong Chiu LEE DOW AM For distinguished service to education in Australia as an administrator, scholar and contributor to major curriculum reforms, through executive roles with education advisory bodies, and to the community. Emeritus Professor Lee Dow was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in The Queen’s Birthday 1984 Honours List for his service to education. The following summarises his service and involvement since then. Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne, 2004; Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 1998-2003; Pro Vice-Chancellor, 1983-1986; Council Member, 1979-1986. President and Vice-President, Academic … [Read more...]
Urban scrawl
29/01/2012 by Leave a Comment
Go here To Urban Scrawl Takeaway poets : Centre Lane - Urban scrawl: street - A takeaway poem - Gas mask girl: exhibition: City Library - Precious Little's gas mask girl - street - Who's to blame: Richmond - Who's to blame2 : Richmond - Tree house: North Melbourne - Empathy: Flinders Lane - Einstein's bike: Flinders Lane - Garden: Little Collins St - Dancer: Elizabeth St - Free an artist: Flinders Lane - In the forest: North Melbourne - Tibetan monk: Fitzroy 1:2 … [Read more...]
Victorian tertiary offers – main round – 2012
17/01/2012 by
___________________________________________________________________________ Main Round 2013 is HERE ___________________________________________________________________________ 16 January 2012 Over 81, 000 applicants for a place in a Victorian university or TAFE institute received notification on 16 January 2012 about the success or otherwise of their applications. Overall , the Victorian Tertiary Applications Centre (VTAC) issued 59,992 offers on behalf of universities and participating TAFES and private colleges [GO HERE FOR VTAC DATA]. The majority of these – 47, 927 – were offers of a place at a university. With early offers to 9,559 applicants, the total … [Read more...]
