Louise’s TAFE story

09/08/2012 By
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9  August  2012 I am a mother of two Primary School children. At 45 years of age I have returned to school and am currently studying Professional Writing and Editing. It was no easy choice, and a deliberate and considered decision. At the end of this year I will have completed half of a Certificate IV qualification. If the course is cancelled, this half a unit will not be transferable to any other degree. If the course continues at another Campus, I may not be able to get there. I have no other formal qualifications. Click the button to go to Louise's website - A cat among pigeons. … [Read more...]

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Evans warns on Vic TAFE cuts

09/08/2012 By
Chris Evans

 Media Centre    7 August 2012 Victoria's share of federal incentive funding for vocational reforms could be at risk unless it relents on cuts to its public TAFE sector, Commonwealth Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans warned after meeting with students affected by the TAFE cutbacks in Victoria. …we don't want to punish the TAFEs in Victoria Victorian TAFE students by reducing Commonwealth contribution to Victorian TAFE funding. ..But equally, there's no point in the Commonwealth Government increasing funding to Victorian TAFEs if in fact the overall funding is being reduced by the state's pulling their funding out…the Commonwealth will obviously have to look at its options … [Read more...]

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Elite unis attacked over fees

09/08/2012 By
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The Australian   8 August 2012 Angry that the Group of Eight, led by University of NSW vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer, is publicly spruiking for the removal of fee caps at the same time universities are attempting to agree on a joint position, UWS acting vice-chancellor Rhonda Hawkins has broken ranks and called for a more open debate on the issue. The euphemisms about fee flexibility and fee deregulation have to be debunked. It is a fee increase.  It lacks the integrity of an open and public debate. Hawkins's attack also into question the ability of Universities Australia to develop a unified policy to take into the next election. She said although there appeared little prospect of … [Read more...]

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La Trobe extends its reach with iTunes-U

09/08/2012 By
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The Australian    8 August 2012 La Trobe University is the only Australian university offering courses through iTunes-U, which it views as a shop window to full online degrees.  It's first-semester iTunes-U offering, which takes in the history, literature, art and architecture of ancient Greece to the end of the 5th century BC, has attracted a staggering 45,500 subscribers and still counting. La Trobe has six first-semester courses on iTunes-U with a total of 100,000 subscribers and 2.3 million downloads of lectures and materials. The university now is considering whether to offer a certificate of recognition for completing its courses as it looks to capitalise on the phenomenal … [Read more...]

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New NHMRC chair & council

09/08/2012 By
Annabelle Bennett

NHMRC Newsroom     2 August 2012 Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has  announced new appointees to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) including the new chair Justice Annabelle Bennett AO. Justice Bennett has a PhD in biochemistry and has a record of service to the Australian community, through the Federal Court, the Adminstrative Appeals Tribunal, as an arbitrator and as a leader in universities and non-government organisations.” Justice Bennett is joined by 13 new members of the Council, who will join the Chief Medical Officers of the Commonwealth, States and Territories to lead the NHMRC through the 2012 2015 triennium. Five Principal Committees, … [Read more...]

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Medical research grants announced

09/08/2012 By
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NHMRC Newsroom    2 August 2012 The Australian   9 August 2012 The Commonwealth government has awarded $42 million in new federal funding for medical research.  Around Australia 13 institutions received single grants of  $2.5 million, while the University of New South Wales and the Menzies School of Health Research at Charles Darwin University were awarded two each in a National Health and Medical Research Council funding round. … [Read more...]

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Hilmer’s pitch on deregulating fees

09/08/2012 By
Fred Hilmer

UNSW Newsroom   8 August 2012 What's been largely lost in the heated debate over fee deregulation is the urgency of the financial situation facing our universities.  Revenue is simply failing to keep pace with costs, as evidenced by the number of universities now engaged in redundancy programs in an effort to reduce spending.  Universities should be able to charge a higher student contribution for selected “premium” degrees, such as medicine, law, engineering and business, which qualify graduates for well paid professional careers - the higher the potential private benefit, the higher the student contribution.  Under HECS-HELP, repayments are only made when a certain income … [Read more...]

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Student politics: no multi-grain at a white bread barbecue

09/08/2012 By
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Daddy Issues    7 August 2012 It's the ANU Union election time.   A student's take on "Democracy… In… Action!" This year seems particularly dry of even a glimmer of political motivation beyond the candidates’ CVs and the fantasy of a promising future career in politics. It’s a veritable farmers market out there. We have the emergence of the new player, Fresh, alongside Union veteran (criteria: elected at least once) Grow.  Just when you thought that we couldn’t get any more vegetables, another party has emerged into the election from a sluggish build-up, Back to the Future.  Their name diverges from the salad analogy, however it alludes some sort of ambiguity to their … [Read more...]

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University of Ballarat’s “Menzies Affiliation” – background

09/08/2012 By
Menzies

In late 2011, following 18 months of negotiation, a collaborative partnership between UB and six regional TAFE Institutes received Australian Government funding and access to Commonwealth Supported Places. This support enables UB degrees to be taught through collaboration with —  Advance TAFE Institute; Central Gippsland TAFE Institute; Goulburn Ovens TAFE Institute; Wodonga TAFE Institute; Bendigo Regional TAFE Institute; Sunraysia TAFE Institute; and University of Ballarat. By accrediting TAFE certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, and work experience as the first and second years respectively of three-year UB degrees, the partnership has opened a previously … [Read more...]

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