The Scan Early Edition 4 June 2013

04/06/2013 by
polytec

#120 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Polytec network set up 4 June 2013    |   An Australian Polytechnic Network (APN) is being founded by the University of Canberra, Melbourne’s Holmesglen Institute, Northern Sydney Institute, South Western Sydney Institute and Brisbane’s Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE.   The formation of the new grouping follows a decision of the now minister for tertiary education, Craig Emerson, to reverse a decision of former minister Chris Evans to now Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) for delivery of University of … [Read more...]

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Industrial action at Deakin

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NTEU News Room     |   3 June 2013 Deakin University staff will stopwork for one hour at 1pm on Wednesday 5 June over stalled collective agreement negotiations.  A ban on overtime for general staff, a ban on participating in performance appraisal and a ban on the transmission of student results will be put in place immediately. Deakin University will become the third university in Victoria where the NTEU has banned handing over student results. The union says staff are concerned that Deakin University management is determined to reduce working conditions. Management proposals that have been put to the union include reducing overtime payments, increasing the hours of work for lower … [Read more...]

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Students taken to cleaners

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The Age    |     2 June 2013 Hundreds of international students, many already struggling financially, have lost up to three weeks’ pay after the collapse of one of Australia’s largest cleaning companies.  And unlike their Australian colleagues, they won’t be eligible for the government program that fast-tracks payment of wages they are owed. The failure of Swan Services has put a spotlight on a cleaning industry in crisis, where low pay rates and unfriendly hours see most work now being done by a foreign-born workforce and the union representing cleaners says the same foreign students who provide a crucial boost for the Victorian economy are increasingly being treated like ”cash … [Read more...]

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International enrolments down, commencements up

04/06/2013 by
flags1

Australian Education International   |     May  2013 In the year to date (YTD) to April 2013 , there were 356,993 enrolments by full-fee paying international students in Australia on a student visa. This represents a 2.9% decline on YTD April 2012 and contrasts with the average YTD April growth rate for  enrolments of 5.8% per year in the preceding ten years.  There were 134,855 commencements in YTD April 2013, representing a 2.9% increase over the same period in 2012. This compares with the average YTD April growth rate for commencements of 4.8% per year in the preceding ten years. In YTD April 2013, the Higher Education sector ranked first by volume of enrolments and by volume … [Read more...]

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A matter of degrees

04/06/2013 by
Mac degree

As the number of students at Australian universities soars to record levels, is a degree still worth having or is it just a waste of time and money?  asks Lucinda  Schmidt in The Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In October, more than 50,000 Victorian year 12 students will sit their final  school exams. More than half will flock to university next March, eager to cast  aside the shackles of school and embrace a staggeringly different world of  unsupervised study. For some, their university course is a ticket punch en route to a solid  career, while for others it's more about campus life and making new … [Read more...]

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