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: , , , , , , , , , ,

Vic TAFE merger talks broaden

05/12/2013 by
Merger

The Australian     |      5 December 2013 Four institutions now talking Victoria’s Advance TAFE and GippsTAFE  are  involved in talks with eastern Melbourne’s Chisholm Institute and the dual-sector University of Ballarat “to explore the best fit in terms of organisational objectives and stakeholder needs”. Apparently, negotiations between Advance and GippsTAFE are well advanced, with   “a number of points of agreement” reached in areas such as curriculum-based collaboration and “back office sharing”. Advance CEO Shaun McDonagh said the institutions wanted to choose their partners before considering what the partnerships might look like, with mergers being a possibility. McDonagh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federation University, TAFE, University of Ballarat, VET, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , ,

The Australian Higher Education Supplement 2 October 2013

02/10/2013 by

This is The Australian‘s own summary of lead items in its online edition. As this is a subscription service, you or your organisation will need to have a subscription to The Australian to view the full article. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Facebook offensive misses target Bernard Lane UNIVERSITIES are dramatically increasing their use of social media, but a new survey suggests their efforts might be all in vain. FedUni opens for business Andrew Trounson FEDUNI, as Australia's newest university is being tagged, was officially launched … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coalition policies, Federation University, Government, Higher education policy, International, International students, Regional, Social media, TAFE, Tertiary media, University of Ballarat, Vocational education & training Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Fed U begins its rollout

02/10/2013 by
feduni-logo

2 October 2013 Following the passage of legislation in September enabling the merger of the University of Ballarat (UB) and the Gippsland (Churchill) campus of Monash University, Federation University Australia has been officially launched. The new university comes into being on 1 January 2014. It builds on a long history as Australia’s third-oldest tertiary institution, dating back to the 1870s. Originally named the School of Mines and Industries, it split into two organisations in the 1960s keeping the School of Mines and the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, which changed to Ballarat College of Advanced Education in the 1970s. In 1989 Ballarat CAE become … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federation University, Higher education policy, Monash, University of Ballarat Tagged With: ,
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