PM faces protest over uni cuts

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NTEU News    |    11 June 2013 The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the National Union of Students (NUS) are joining forces to protest higher education cuts on Wednesday 12 June at a private Labor Party fundraiser in Fremantle where Prime Minister Julia Gillard is speaking.   It looks like being a colourful demonstration, and certainly not the sort of colour and movement the Prime Minister desperately needs: the NTEU and NUS will be joined at John Curtin College of the Arts Fremantle by groups representing refugees, single parents and same-sex marriage advocates. Gabe Gooding, NTEU WA Division Secretary, says  that the latest $2.3bn cuts to university and student … [Read more...]

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The Scan Early Edition 11 June 2013 #122

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Early Edition | 11 June 2013 | #122 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Qld opens TAFE assets to private providers 11 June 2013 | The Queensland government has released a “reform action plan”, its detailed response to the report of the Queensland Skills and Training Taskforce. Great skills. Real opportunities confirms that full contestability of public funding will be phased in from 1 July 2013, to come into full operation from 1 July 2014. It also takes the concept of “competitive neutrality” to another level in Australia: the ownership of what are now TAFE facilities are to transferred to a new, yet to be determined entity, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ACPET, ANU, ASQA, ATN, Budget, Coalition policies, Early edition, Higher education policy, LH Martin Institute, MOOCs, Notices, Swinburne University, TAFE, Tertiary media, Uncategorized, universities, University budgets, VET Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

Student charges likely to rise under Coalition: Chapman

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The Australian     |      5 June 2013 With the likelihood of a Coalition government in a few months, there's increasing focus on the impact of a change of  g0vernment on the tertiary sector.   At the first of the 2013 Tertiary Education Policy Seminars, Bruce Chapman, creator of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, said he expected a rise in student contributions (that is, fees), as occurred in 1996.   While he expected it would have little or no impact on student demand because of the safety net provided by the delayed repayment system, Chapman said fee increases could deter mature-age and part-time students, many of whom come from poorer backgrounds (as occurred in 1996). He … [Read more...]

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Giving it away for free: sharing really is caring in the open education movement

11/06/2013 by
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The Conversation    |    7 June 2013 The New York Times dubbed 2012 the year of the MOOC. And for many, the seemingly unstoppable rise of Massive Open Online Courses – courses which are offered for free by prestigious universities – is where the discussion about open education begins and ends. But MOOCs are only the most visible part of a larger movement, one that is slowly but surely transforming the way we do education and think about educational products and services. Welcome to the world of open educational resources (OER). OERs include everything from peer-created and edited texts and ebooks to sound recordings and videos that are licensed for open use and re-use. Where … [Read more...]

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Qld opens TAFE assets to private RTOs

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11 June 2013 The Queensland government has released a “reform action plan”, its detailed response to the report of the Queensland Skills and Training Taskforce.   Great skills. Real opportunities confirms that full contestability of public funding will be phased in from 1 July 2013, to come into full operation from 1 July 2014.   It also takes the concept of “competitive neutrality” to another level in Australia: the ownership of what are now TAFE facilities are to transferred to a new, yet to be determined entity, which will provide access to public training facilities for private providers as well as the public TAFE institutes. This will leave TAFEs to focus on training while the … [Read more...]

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