The Scan’s most viewed posts 2013

15/12/2013 by
moocs1

15 December 2013In 2013, over 700 items were posted on The Scan (down from about 900 in 2012).   There were some surprises.   Theshortobituary on Peter Redlich attracted a surprising number of views because he died suddenly (although he'd been ill for some time), being Jewish, he was buried within 24 hours and a full obituary wasn't published for some weeks, so as word spread, people ended up at The Scan via search engines.  An increasing amount of traffic comes to The Scan by way of search engines:  The Scan "archive" of items is now approaching 2000 (it totals more than posts of over 1600 because a post may contain several items).   The Scan of 22 March 2012  is a perennial favourite by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, ASQA, Australian Research Council, Budget, Coalition policies, Coalition policy, Commonwealth policies, Federation University, Government, Higher education policy, Holmesglen TAFE, Industrial relations, MOOCs, National Tertiary Education Union, Qualifications, TAFE, TEQSA, Uncategorized, universities, VET Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

ALP does its own backflip with twist

03/12/2013 by
Backflip with twist

NTEU News    |     3 December 2013 Now opposed to cuts to university funding announced in April In the lead up to this year’s election, one commentator noted that "if the Coalition in government carries through with the ALP’s cuts [to higher education spending] foreshadowed in the Budget, they may put a future ALP opposition in a difficult position – forcing it to decide whether to vote against the policy change they proposed." Well, maybe not so difficult a position after all.  The NTEU has congratulated the now Labor opposition on its decision today to oppose Christopher Pyne’s damaging funding cuts to Australian universities and their students. NTEU president Jeannie Rea says: The … [Read more...]

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The Scan | #139 | 27 September 2013

27/09/2013 by
The incomparable David Rowe makes a point in the Australian Financial Review

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pyne sends mixed message 27 September   2013   |   In his first interview as education minister, Christopher Pyne says his priorities are to “repair” international education, reduce red tape and review the demand-driven system.  Pyne said that international education issues would be tackled “sooner rather than later”, given the economic impact of a 20% to 25% decline in Australia’s biggest non-mining export industry. he nominated reducing universities’ regulatory load as the other high priority, guided by the recommendations of the recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ACPET, ALP policies, Australian Research Council, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Conferences, Deakin, Government, Group of 8, Higher education policy, Holmesglen TAFE, Industrial relations, James Cook University, La Trobe University, LH Martin Institute, Life & stuff, National Tertiary Education Union, Notices, Research, Scan Main Edition, Science, TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, Uncategorized, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, UNSW, VET Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pyne confirms plans to overhaul higher education

25/09/2013 by

ABC News    |      25 September 2013 Education Minister Christopher Pyne is planning an overhaul of the higher education system, including the reintroduction of caps on university places and the removal of compulsory student service fees. Mr Pyne has confirmed he is considering reintroducing caps on university places due to concerns that the current demand-driven system is undermining quality, despite assurances in July that the Coalition had no such plans. Labor abolished the cap on places in 2007 to give more people access to higher education and to get more people from disadvantaged backgrounds into university. In an interview with the ABC's 7.30 in July, Mr Pyne said the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Government, Higher education policy Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Pyne to review uni targets and caps

25/09/2013 by

The Australian   |     25 September 2013 The target of 40% of 25 to 34-year-olds to have a university degree by 2025 may be abandoned, with new education minister Christopher Pyne declaring he is "obsessed" with quality rather than targets. The targets also require 20% of university students to be from the most disadvantaged quarter of the population by 2020. Pyne also said he would revisit the demand-driven higher education system established by the  former Labor government. My aspiration is to get as many people doing university education as want to do it and can do it effectively to maintain quality. I'm not going to get caught up with Labor's targets and goals or five-year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Higher education policy Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Australian Financial Review 16 September 2013

16/09/2013 by

This is the Australian Financial Review's  own summary of lead items in its online education supplement. As this is a subscription service, you or your organisation will need to have a subscription to The Australian Financial Review to view the full article. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ World to fund Melbourne Uni The University of Melbourne's historic fund-raising campaign is targeting overseas benefactors in the hope of raising $500 million for scholarships, research and facilities by 2017. Coursework postgraduate student numbers rise over decade In the past decade … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Bond University, Budget, Coalition policies, Government, Higher education policy, International, MOOCs, Qualifications, Research, University of Queensland Tagged With: , , , ,

Universities Australia on the university agenda for the incoming government

08/09/2013 by

8 September  2013 Universities Australia congratulates the new Abbott Government and looks forward to working together on a future agenda for cementing higher education as a critical pillar supporting long-term national prosperity and well-being, as identified in the Coalition’s, Real Solutions. “It is impossible to overstate the transformative power of universities in changing lives, pushing the boundaries of knowledge, driving innovation, solving our gravest national problems and for securing Australia’s place as global influencer,” said Professor Sandra Harding, Chair of peak body, Universities Australia. “Whether as a provider of international education; a generator of new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Budget, Coalition policies, Commonwealth policies, Government, Higher education policy, International, Regional Universities Network, Research, Science, Universities Australia Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Labor proposes greater use of compacts

06/09/2013 by

The Australian    |     4 September  2013 A re-elected Labor government will make greater use of direct agreements with universities, or compacts, with Innovation Minister Kim Carr flagging they would be used to allocate greater numbers of capped sub-degree and postgraduate places. Amid sector concerns that greater use of compacts could prove code for greater control, Carr said the aim would be to give universities more autonomy and that there would be no retreat from the demand-driven system of uncapped undergraduate places under which commonwealth-supported places have increased by 190,000 students or 35%. "We are in the middle of one of the great cultural reforms in our nation's … [Read more...]

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Apprenticeship starts steady, traineeships crash

06/09/2013 by

The Australian    |     5 September 2013 Structured on-the-job training has crashed in the wake of cuts to federal incentive programs, with new figures showing take-up of apprenticeships and traineeships have plunged by one-third. The data, released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), shows that apprentice and trainee commencements in the first three months of the year were 33% down on the same period last year. The decline coincides with cuts of close to $1.1 billion over the past year to commonwealth schemes which encourage take-up of apprenticeships and traineeships. The figures show that non-trade traineeships have been the main casualties of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Budget, Commonwealth policies, TAFE, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , ,

TAFE funding diverted to small business tax break

06/09/2013 by

6 September 2013 While the TAFE sector was still applauding Kevin Rudd’s stirring, albeit vague, declaration to force the states to maintain their own TAFE funding, the ALP’s own costings revealed a financial sleight of hand that would see at least $111m notionally set aside in the  Education Investment Fund (EIF) to fund TAFE projects diverted to help fund an expansion in the small business asset write off program. As a result, just three of 12 TAFEs will get capital grants approved by the EIF advisory board late last year. Over $80m was allocated in June and July in grants to the TAFE NSW North Coast Institute, the Sunshine Coast Institute and Charles Darwin University’s trade … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ALP policies, Budget, Coalition policies, Government, TAFE, TAFE Directors Australia, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , ,
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