Holmesglen & Healthscope partner for new private hospital

25/09/2013 by
Holmesglen

26 September 2013 Holmesglen Institute and private health company Healthscope are proposing to build a new private hospital at Holmesglen's Moorabbin campus in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. The project will convert an existing  conference centre into a health and education precinct, providing clinical  training  for Holmesglen’s health science students, as well as health care for local residents. Holmesglen will contribute $20 million to the project , presumably in the form of the site,  and Healthscope will spend $100 million. The hospital is expected to create 500 construction jobs and 750 healthcare roles. Holmesglen chief executive Bruce Mackenzie, who formally … [Read more...]

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Pyne confirms plans to overhaul higher education

25/09/2013 by

ABC News    |      25 September 2013 Education Minister Christopher Pyne is planning an overhaul of the higher education system, including the reintroduction of caps on university places and the removal of compulsory student service fees. Mr Pyne has confirmed he is considering reintroducing caps on university places due to concerns that the current demand-driven system is undermining quality, despite assurances in July that the Coalition had no such plans. Labor abolished the cap on places in 2007 to give more people access to higher education and to get more people from disadvantaged backgrounds into university. In an interview with the ABC's 7.30 in July, Mr Pyne said the … [Read more...]

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The Australian Higher Education Supplement 25 September 2013

25/09/2013 by

This is The Australian‘s own summary of lead items in its online edition. As this is a subscription service, you or your organisation will need to have a subscription to The Australian to view the full article. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pyne vows to fix uni system John Ross THE Coalition has nominated international education as its highest priority for the sector. Visa test for study-abroad plan Bernard Lane WELL over a half-million Australians head off on holiday to Bali every year. It's quality not quantity for Pyne … [Read more...]

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Pyne to review uni targets and caps

25/09/2013 by

The Australian   |     25 September 2013 The target of 40% of 25 to 34-year-olds to have a university degree by 2025 may be abandoned, with new education minister Christopher Pyne declaring he is "obsessed" with quality rather than targets. The targets also require 20% of university students to be from the most disadvantaged quarter of the population by 2020. Pyne also said he would revisit the demand-driven higher education system established by the  former Labor government. My aspiration is to get as many people doing university education as want to do it and can do it effectively to maintain quality. I'm not going to get caught up with Labor's targets and goals or five-year … [Read more...]

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