The new ministry

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16 September 2013 As widely expected, Christopher Pyne, the Liberals' education spokesperson in opposition, is to be appointed education minister in the incoming Coalition government and presumably will take carriage for higher education as well as schools education.  Sussan Ley is to be appointed the assistant minister for education and  Scott Ryan is to be appointed parliamentary secretary to Pyne . Former shadow spokesperson for universities and research, Senator Brett Mason, is to be appointed as a parliamentary secretary in foreign affairs. Asked about the allocation of duties within the education portfolio, the prime minister-designate  Tony Abbott said: Higher education and … [Read more...]

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Australian Financial Review 16 September 2013

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This is the Australian Financial Review's  own summary of lead items in its online education supplement. As this is a subscription service, you or your organisation will need to have a subscription to The Australian Financial Review to view the full article. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ World to fund Melbourne Uni The University of Melbourne's historic fund-raising campaign is targeting overseas benefactors in the hope of raising $500 million for scholarships, research and facilities by 2017. Coursework postgraduate student numbers rise over decade In the past decade … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Bond University, Budget, Coalition policies, Government, Higher education policy, International, MOOCs, Qualifications, Research, University of Queensland Tagged With: , , , ,

ACPET National Monday Update 16 September 2013

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In Focus There's a greater than 1 in 2 chance you're getting assessment wrong - introducing ACPET’s Independent Assessment Validation Service Getting assessment right should be straightforward but with Industry Skills Councils constantly changing Training Package requirements and the regulatory standards in VET heavily focussed on the need for industry currency (with providers increasingly recruiting industry experts to train and assess for them) ACPET is proud to announce its independent industry assessment validation service to support RTOs to get assessment right. Chris Robinson, ASQA Chief Commissioner, spoke recently at ACPET's national conference and his presentation … [Read more...]

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