Group of 8 Newsletter March 2014

06/03/2014 by
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Demand Driven Funding and Equity Demand driven funding was implemented in conjunction with a national target to have 20% of undergraduate higher education enrolments coming from low Social Economic Standing (SES) students by 2020. While the share of both commencing and total undergraduate enrolments from low SES students increased by around one percentage point between 2008 and 2012, the majority of growth (80%) during this period still came from students of medium or high SES background.To read more of this article and the March newsletter, please click here. Brazilian students experience a different kind of summer in … [Read more...]

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The Scan

06/03/2014 by

6 March 2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Unis tumble in rankings 6 March 2014    |    Australia’s leading universities have tumbled in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.  The University of Melbourne did best in at 43, down from 39 last year. The Australian National University and University of Sydney both dropped out of the top 50. While the University of Queensland and University of NSW clung on to positions in the top 100, both were in a diminished position from last year....[ MORE ].... Swisse hits back 6 March 2014    |    The vitamin and supplement company Swisse Wellness has issued a strongly … [Read more...]

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The UWS Academy

06/03/2014 by
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UWS News Centre  |    26 February 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The  University of Western Sydney has created The Academy, an interdisciplinary, community-engaged program which it describes as the first of its kind across the higher education sector. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… While undertaking their advanced academic studies, students in The Academy also participate in programs focused on civic engagement and citizenship – professional and personal development opportunities, volunteering projects, and mentoring and leadership programs which aim to create a well-rounded graduate who can meet the challenges of an increasingly complex and globalised … [Read more...]

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Hilmer to retire

06/03/2014 by
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The Australian  |    6 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The often combative Fred Hilmer has announced via a video address to staff that he will retire retire as vice-chancellor of the University of NSW at the end of the year. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… In the video, Hilmer said the university was in a strong position. I think the right stance is to push hard on new initiatives; to use the position we are in, the strength that we have — both in terms of people and funding — to continue to spend our strategic funds in the best way possible. Hilmer, a former CEO of what is now Fairfax media, joined UNSW in 2006 after a tumultuous period in its … [Read more...]

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Australian unis fall in ranking

06/03/2014 by
THE 2014

The Australian    |     6 March 2014                                 The Guardian     |    6 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Australia’s leading universities have tumbled in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… All Australian universities lost ground in 2014, with Melbourne now the only institution in the top 50 after the Australian National University and Sydney University both tumbled into the 61-70 bracket (from 42 and 49 respectively). Queensland University is now in the 81-90 bracket, while the University of New South Wales is in the 91-100 grouping.  Monash dropped out of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Commonwealth policies, Rankings, Universities Australia, University budgets, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, University of Queensland, University of Sydney Tagged With: , , ,