Australian Financial Review Education Supplement 15 October 2012

15/10/2012 By
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As the Australian Financial Review is a subscription service, links will not work unless you or your organisation is a paid subscriber. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Uni limits fee rises as it cuts costs Private Bond University will keep fee rises below the inflation rate next year as it attempts to stem a 10 per cent decline in new students. Curtin leads the way on pay rises Curtin University staff will receive a 16 per cent salary rise over four years following a ground-breaking deal reached by university executives and the National Tertiary Education Union. More students get taste of the real world When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Curtin University, MOOCs, National Tertiary Education Union, Teaching & learnig, TEQSA, universities, University of Newcastle Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Melbourne top dog

11/10/2012 By
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The Australian    |    11 October 2012 Melbourne University's position as Australia’s leading university, as measured by various league tables, was confirmed with the release of the research-focused National Taiwan University Ranking.   Melbourne ranked 35 in the world, ahead of Sydney at 61 and University of Queensland on 72.  ANU, usually Melbourne’s closest Australian challenger, languishes in this particular ranking coming in at 172 internationally and 6th nationally Australia posted 13 institutions in the top 500 of the National Taiwan University Ranking. Australia has two top 10 institutions in specific areas: UQ in the subject area of environment and ecology … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Macquarie University, Monash, Rankings, Research, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Newcastle, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, Univesity of Western Australia, UNSW Tagged With: ,

Campus Review 10 September 2012

10/09/2012 By
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Newcastle reassures international students on safety The University of Newcastle has defended its procedures to protect the safety of international students following the release of a report revealing Asian and Middle Eastern students are the main targets of physical and verbal abuse. More than 160 incidents of verbal abuse and physical assault were reported by students over the past year via an online tool set up by the Newcastle University Students’ Association (NUSA). The NUSA investigation was based on an online multilingual module to encourage international students to report anonymously incidents of abuse, and was introduced in the wake of attacks against international … [Read more...]

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This week in Campus Review

04/06/2012 By
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Campus Review   4 June 2012 Aust unis rank highly in "young unis" list  Australia has once again shown it can perform on the international stage, with 14 universities in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 List (under 50 years old), released last week, being beaten only by the UK, which has 20.  Macquarie University and the University of Wollongong were ranked equal 33rd on the list, with the Queensland University of Technology coming in at 40, the University of Newcastle at 45, Charles Darwin University 48, the University of South Australia 65, Curtin University 75, Deakin University and Flinders University at 78, Griffith and La Trobe universities at 81, the University of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Australian Research Council, Charles Darwin University, Curtin University, Deakin, Edith CowanUniversity, Flinders University, Griffith University, International, L a Trobe University, QUT, Rankings, Research, RMIT, Teaching & learnig, University of Newcastle, University of South Australia, University of Wollongong, UTS, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Newcastle big winner from boost to enabling funds

21/05/2012 By
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The Australian   19 May 2012 Newcastle University is set to be the biggest winner from the Commonwealth budget boost for enabling programs and plans to use some of the extra money to create a "hub concept" for enabling students to enhance peer support. Newcastle has 2800 students enrolled in its enabling programs making it the biggest in the country, with 70% of them going on to university study.  Vice Chancellor Caroline McMillen said having adequate enabling support for students meant there was no trade off between widening access and quality.  She noted that 15% of the university's honours students came through the enabling programs. We see no challenge between participation and … [Read more...]

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