The Scan #150 23 May 2014

23/05/2014 by
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___________________________________________________________________________________________ Making a stab at fees poses grave risks: UA 22 May 2013     |    With Prime Minister Tony Abbott acknowledging that he can’t guarantee that university fees might not double, University Australia chair Sandra Harding says that there are “grave risks” in a precipitate move to fee deregulation, set to take place in 2016. As the new fee regime will apply to all enrolments after 14 May 2014, students enrolling after that date will not know the fees that will apply from 1 January 2016 until such time as universities announce their fees. In order to provide some degree of certainty and inform student … [Read more...]

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Higher education policy seminars 2014

06/05/2014 by
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6 May 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Has Australia the imagination and will to create and maintain international pre-eminence in higher education? Key issues must be tackled across the next few years if an excellent higher education system is to be designed and built. …………………………………………………………………………………………………....................................   Since 2007 the University of Melbourne has hosted an influential series of high-profile public seminars on higher education policy. With higher education becoming ever more important to Australia’s prosperity it is essential to engage deeply in open discussions of how to plan and steer the tertiary system. The … [Read more...]

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Coates appointed to lead CSHE

04/12/2013 by
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4 December 2013 Hamish Coates has been appointed to the  Chair of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne’s influential Centre for the Study of Higher Education, succeeding Simon Marginson. A specialist in assessment and evaluation, Coates focuses on improving the quality and productivity of learning, academic work and leadership.  Coates says he welcomes the opportunity to contribute to CSHE’s research and professional development: Universities have never been more important for our future, yet funding is tight and complexities abound. In coming years we’ll lead R&D that creates new value for higher education, helping to further build Melbourne as an international … [Read more...]

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CSHE Newsletter August 2013

13/08/2013 by
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This week's seminar Wednesday 14 August, 12:30-2pm -------------- Internationalisation of the University as a Response to Globalisation: An East Asian Perspective Akiyoshi Yonezawa Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan In the 20th Century, we observed an expansion of higher education systems, first as tools for colonisation and then for de-colonisation. Global and regional collaboration in higher education has been strongly linked to the emergence of new nation-states, the rapid progress of internationalisation, and the emergence of regional dimensions of higher education under globalisation since the end … [Read more...]

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