The Scan Main Edition 4 October 2012

04/10/2012 By
Uni Melb pic

  Aust unis feature strongly in rankings Increased research investment and improved collaboration with Asia is driving Australian universities' strong performance in the latest global league table published today, according to commentators.  The University of Melbourne confirmed its elite status, topping the local league table and moving into the world's top 30.  It is up nine places from last year, to number 28, moving clear of its nearest rival, the Australian National University on 37.  The University of NSW and Monash University moved into the top 100, bringing Australia's tally there to six.  National representation in the top 200 has been boosted to eight with the addition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Budget, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Commonwealth-State relations, International students, Scan Main Edition, Science, TAFE, universities Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Is Empathy on the Rise?

04/10/2012 By
Takeaway Poetry

4 October 2012 This is part of  the Urban Scrawl post ______________________________________     Fork Glide Tongue Slide Curious eyes walk by walk by BUT I STOP Hands in Hands and eyes on eyes the urban artery pulses us through while backpackers fly BUT I STOP Camera lens shy airconditioners hum some dusty window scum coffee machines staem curb side angel muffin dreams BUT I STOP I am the urban scrawl hunter I can hear the bricks chanting and the skies choirs coded language on the cobblestone anecdotal fire flys swimming through rivers of zombie eyes Cruising by   rusing by    running by BUT … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life & stuff, Society

Urban Scrawl revisited

04/10/2012 By
urban-scrawl2

4 October 2012 Urban Scrawl was the first of the Life & Stuff posts to The Scan on 2 February.  Just some stuff around inner Melbourne , including work by street artist Precious Little Remains, from whom we pinched the theme and acquired a copy of Gas Mask Girl.  There's a great poem by Michelle of The Takeaway Poetry Service, banged out in half an hour  on old Olivetti typewriter, which comes complete with typos and jumped letters - unfortunately it's not readable in the gallery but we'll post it separately.  The Scan has a vastly expanded readership, stretching from coast to coast and over the seas since then so it's time to share it again,  , in slightly amended form, as we do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life & stuff, Society

Deakin deals with accusation of “institutional plagiarism”

04/10/2012 By

Australian Universities Review    |    September 2012 The Australian Universities' Review (AUR) is published by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) “to encourage debate and discussion about issues in higher education and its contribution to Australian public life, with an emphasis on those matters of concern to NTEU members.”  AUR has been in continuous publication since 1958.  AUR is published twice a year, in February and September, and is on the ERA Ranked Journal List. The current issue features a report on Deakin University having been accused of “institutional plagiarism” in its use of materials from a Flinders University medical course in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deakin, Flinders University, Journals Tagged With: ,

Urban Scrawl Gallery

04/10/2012 By
Precious Gas Mask Girl - street

Click  an  image  to  get  the  Gallery  going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life & stuff, Society, Uncategorized

International regulation requires “nuance”

04/10/2012 By

The Australian    |    4 October 2012 The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) needs to ensure it has the expertise to understand "nuances" in international education as it applies its new standards framework, Flinders University's deputy Dean Forbes has warned. This is a big and highly complex part of the university sector. We need to know that the people managing the standards framework have a capacity to understand the nuances that come from a deeper understanding of what happens in international education. While TEQSA is not targeting international education specifically, Forbes said its stated focus on English-language standards and third parties was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flinders University, International, International students, TEQSA Tagged With: , , , ,

Chinese share dips, Indian share growing again

04/10/2012 By

The Australian    |      2 October 2012 The number of new undergraduates from overseas fell 12.8% in the year to August, latest figures show. Post-graduate commencements by overseas students rose slightly, compared with the same period last year. Higher education starts in total were down by 6.7% to 82,825 in the year to August. New university students from China, by far the biggest market, declined by 7.6% to 34,949 in the year to August, Australian Education International reported. Higher education commencements out of India continued to grow, up 17.6% to 4931. With enrolments of 11,896, India is not so far off  Malaysia, the No. 2 university market by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: International, International students Tagged With: , ,

Limited numbers: what university rankings can (and can’t) tell us

04/10/2012 By
rankings_pic

The Conversation    |    4 October 2012 The release of The Times Higher Education World University Rankings will be welcomed by many people in the Australian university sector. Australia now has eight universities in the top 200, one more than last year, with the University of Adelaide joining this top grouping at 176. Six of this group improved their positions, with Melbourne University rising to 28 (up from 37 last year) while ANU, moved from 38 to 37. The other Australian universities were: Sydney University (62), Queensland University (65), UNSW (85), Monash (99) and UWA (190). Australian Institution 2011-12 rank 2012-13 rank University of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Monash, Rankings, universities, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, UNSW Tagged With: , , ,

Aust unis feature strongly in rankings

04/10/2012 By
The Australian

The Australian    |    4 October 2012 The Conversation    |   4 October  2012 Increased research investment and improved collaboration with Asia is driving Australian universities' strong performance in the latest global league table published today, according to commentators.  The University of Melbourne confirmed its elite status, topping the local league table and moving into the world's top 30.  It is up nine places from last year, to number 28, moving clear of its nearest rival, the Australian National University on 37.  The University of NSW and Monash University moved into the top 100, bringing Australia's tally there to six.  National representation in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Monash, Rankings, universities, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, University of Queensland, University of Sydney Tagged With: , , ,

TAFE cuts impact most severe in the west

04/10/2012 By
VU 2

4 October 2012 Analysis by Lead West, a regional development and advocacy organisation, shows that TAFE funding cuts will impact most heavily in the western region of Melbourne, which has generally lower education and training attainments than the rest of Melbourne and significant pockets of  social and economic disadvantage.  The report concludes that the long term ramifications of the funding cuts are an increased likelihood of declining levels of employability due to lack of skills and qualifications (with associated health and mental health costs to government and the community). At the 2006 census, 54.4% of the population in Melbourne’s west had no qualification whereas the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Coalition policies, TAFE, Victoria University, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,
« Older Posts
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 320 other followers

Powered by WordPress.com