Nathan James Mulholland to The John Laws Morning Show

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Mate, you've got some very depressing callers.  Here's a story about the Muslims I associate with.  Each Friday I'm at TAFE, and every week, 3 different students are chosen to provide morning tea. Two of the three last week were the two Muslim boys in our class. They put on a massive spread for the other 25 big blokes in the class.  Shish kebabs, hummus, tabouleh, all the good stuff. They didn't eat a bite.  It's currently Ramadan.  They could have asked the teachers to be exempt from making food for us all until their fasting period is over, which would have been a reasonable request, but no, they fed us all, well... And to top it off, they busted their butts all day deadwooding … [Read more...]

The Scan 3 August 2012

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Fees debate assumes cuts under coalition government Debate within Universities Australia on the deregulation of student fees assumes the next election will deliver a Coalition government focused on budget cuts and that any funding increases must come from students.  At a UA workshop of vice-chancellors and their representatives in Canberra on 30 July, participants appeared to accept that the fees debate is not about ideology but about finding a pragmatic alternative to revenue streams in a tight fiscal environment. [Continue Reading]... ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Top unis keen to cash in on … [Read more...]

Vice-chancellors bag Grattan report

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Australian Financial Review    6 August 2012 Vice-chancellors have warned politicians not to adopt the findings of the Grattan Institute report proposing significant cuts to public funding of higher education because they say it does not give sufficient weight to the public benefits of a highly educated population, such as lower crime rates and better health. Curtin University vice-chancellor Jeanette Hacket says Grattan’s modelling focused on school leavers, who had a lifetime of earnings ahead of them.  But at some universities up to half the enrollees were mature-age students who would baulk at higher fees, even if they could be deferred. University of NSW vice-chancellor … [Read more...]

Ballarat leads push to create regional network

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The Age    7 August 2012 The  University of Ballarat is leading a push to bring the majority of regional Victoria's TAFE institutes under one umbrella named after former prime minister Sir Robert Menzies.  The network of TAFE institutes would include Ballarat, Central Gippsland, Goulburn Ovens, Wodonga, Bendigo Regional, Sunraysia and east Gippsland's Advance TAFE, spread across 28 campuses. Ballarat University vice-chancellor David Battersby said he will meet the state government next week to discuss the ''Menzies Affiliation'' network. It has also been referred to as ''Menzies University'' but Professor Battersby stopped short of describing the alliance as a merger. It would … [Read more...]

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