The Australian | 18 January 2014School leavers with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank as low as 33 have been made offers to study for a science degree at one Victorian university.But a leading vice-chancellor called for the common practice of universities publishing inflated and "fraudulent" ATAR scores in an effort to make their courses appear more popular to be banned under the Trade Practices Act.Information on university offers released by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre reveals entire campuses where barely any students with an ATAR above 50 were sent an offer.The new Federation University of Australia, which resulted from the merger of Ballarat University and … [Read more...]
Victorian 2014 tertiary applications and offers
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17 January 2014 Key facts and figures The following information relates to VTAC applicants for undergraduate courses offered in 2014 by Victorian universities, TAFE institutes and private colleges. Figures in brackets show changes from last year. Applications Total applicants: 78,358 (-0.7%) Domestic applicants: 76,032 (-0.7%) Year 12 applicants: 47,498 (+ 1.7%) Non Year applicants: 28,534 (-4.4%) International (Year 12 applicants): 2,326 (-2.1%) 71,571 total offers issued to date (+0.4%) comprising: Offers - 58,585 main round domestic offers issued (+1.2%) - 11,159 early round domestic offers issued (- … [Read more...]
Go8 pushes for fee deregulation
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The Australian | 21 January 2014 The Group of Eight says universities should be given the freedom to opt out of the government funding system and instead charge undergraduate full fees in selected courses. Any universities opting out would have to forgo any government funding for the course. The move would open the way initially for the effective privatisation of prestigious courses that offer graduates highly paid careers such as law, and which could support higher fees in the face of competition from lower-cost government supported courses. Such a policy was first recommended by the 2008 Bradley review but was never endorsed by the Rudd and Gillard governments. In its submission to … [Read more...]
Academic gongs
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26 January 2014 Members of the tertiary education sector featured strongly in the Australia Day Honours 2014 _________________________________________________________ In the Australian honours system appointments to the Order of Australia confer recognition for outstanding achievement and service. The order has four levels : The Companion of the Order of Australia is awarded for “eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service” to Australia or humanity at large. The Officer of the Order is awarded for “distinguished service”. The Member of the Order is awarded for “significant service”. The Medal of the Order is awarded for “service”. Of the 683 awards … [Read more...]
20 magnificent places to read books
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7 January 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… This selection of 20 photos is on the Lifehack website. The Stuttgart Library is so out there modern it makes you dizzy while the Libreria Acqua Alta, Venice, is a quaint reminder of another time (via Michelle O'Brien @micheob). … [Read more...]
The Scan # 145 6 January 2014
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Summer Edition _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Extremism risks uni reputation : Pyne Academic extremism risks damaging the standing of Australia's universities, says education minister Christopher Pyne. 6 January 2014 | Pyne's comments come in the wake of the controversy over the support for the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement by Sydney University's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and that a Sydney University senior lecturer was part of a WikiLeaks Party delegation granted an audience with Syrian dictator … [Read more...]
