The Scan | 4 July 2014 | #156

04/07/2014 by
sam-henson

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Govt sets VET deregulation agenda 4 July 2014    |    The government has set out its deregulatory intentions for vocational training, signalling a shift away from “gateway control” to “responsive regulation”. Speaking at a skills summit organised by the Australian Council of Private Education and Training and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, industry minister Ian Macfarlane said the government had “revisited” the work of the now abolished National Skills Standards Council (NSCC) and released new draft standards … [Read more...]

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La Trobe cuts economics

04/07/2014 by

The Australian     |   27 June 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… La Trobe University is planning to cut about 69 academic positions in its business, economic and law faculty with economics, accounting, management and marketing the worst hit. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Academic staff in economics will be cut by almost two-thirds to just 10 under a proposed restructure circulated to staff . The Australian reports that academic staff positions in accounting will be cut in half from something currently over 30, though about eight new positions will be created.  La Trobe wasn’t able to confirm the exact number of jobs that will be lost in economics, but … [Read more...]

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La Trobe facing strike amid job cuts

24/03/2014 by

NTEU News   |   14 March 2014 The Australian    |    15 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NTEU members at La Trobe University have voted to strike on 26 and 27 March across the university’s campuses as the university’s plan to cut 350 jobs inflamed stalled pay negotiations. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… The union says the job cuts are unnecessary and has demanded management agree to a pay increases of around 3% a year.  Management have offered an 11 per cent pay rise over four years — an average 2.75% annual increase. NTEU Victorian secretary Colin Long says the cost cutting agenda isn’t an excuse to offer a below-sector pay rise because it was … [Read more...]

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Swisse hits back over supplements research

05/03/2014 by
Swisse

Various     |     5 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Vitamin company Swisse has retaliated at critics of its deal with La Trobe University, in which the university signed a $15 million six-year deal with the company to research its products. The university says the memorandum of understanding with the company is an important step towards establishing a complementary medicine centre. But Dr Ken Harvey, a public health expert, consumer advocate and an adjunct professor in the university's school of public health, quit saying the deal is "fraught with conflicts of interest'' and damaging to La Trobe's reputation. Radek Sali, Swisse CEO, targeted Harvey, … [Read more...]

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The Scan

01/03/2014 by

1 March 2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Job cuts at La Trobe 28 February 2014 | La Trobe University has confirmed it is cutting 350 jobs as part of a restructure. University management told staff at a meeting this afternoon. It is understood the redundancies are compulsory, and will affect the university's Bundoora campus in Melbourne's north west as well as its regional Victorian campuses....[ MORE ].... TEQSA shake up 28 February 2014 | The government has introduced a bill to radically restructure the national higher education regulatory agency.The bill provides for a spill of the positions of the five commissioners … [Read more...]

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Job cuts at La Trobe

28/02/2014 by

ABC Online    |     28 February 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… La Trobe University has confirmed it is cutting 350 jobs as part of a restructure. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… University management told staff at a meeting this afternoon. It is understood the redundancies are compulsory, and will affect the university's Bundoora campus in Melbourne's north west as well as its regional Victorian campuses. Virginia Mansel-Lees of the National Tertiary Education Union says it is not known what faculties will be targeted. "Staff are outraged and also worried about their jobs and job security, wondering whether their area will be targeted, if so … [Read more...]

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Melbourne Polytechnic launched

20/02/2014 by
Melb Poly2

20 February 2014 Australia’s newest tertiary education and training institution launched Situated on the site of the former Swinburne University Prahran campus, Melbourne Polytechnic is a new educational brand operated by parent Institute, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT). The Melbourne Polytechnic currently has around 80 programs on offer ranging from vocational certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas and a growing selection of higher education programs.  Students can choose from courses in design, visual arts, theatre arts, music performance, digital media, writing and editing, and photography plus studies in business, hospitality, beauty, community studies, and … [Read more...]

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Things to do

30/12/2013 by
Paul Kelly

iTunes U If you’ve got an Apple device - iPad, iPhone or iPod - you can improve your mind while you're relaxing on the beach - cue up ancient Roman history or physics podcasts on La Trobe University’s iTunesU. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summer School for Gardeners  Open Gardens Australia and the University of Melbourne are conducting the  inaugural Summer School for Gardeners - Keeping Gardening Down to Earth at Melbourne's Burnley campus 22-24 January 2014.  The three-day seminar and workshop program will provide opportunities to learn about the latest gardening … [Read more...]

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The Scan in October 2013 : Most read items

02/11/2013 by

1 November 2013 Why TAFE matters 25 October 2013  |  The insightful Leesa Wheelahan will soon be decamping the LH Martin Institute to take up the at the University of Toronto.  Here she reflects on the challenges facing the TAFE sector as a result of “VET reform”, which she suggests can only result in a greatly diminished role for TAFE, at great community and social cost....[ READ MORE ]....  Hockey rules out privatisation of HECS 18 October 2013     |    Treasurer Joe Hockey has  hosed down speculation that the government plans to “privatise” student debt, following claims that the right to recoup loans worth about $23 billion may be “sold off” to the private sector. But education … [Read more...]

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The Scan | #141 | 25 October 2013

25/10/2013 by
News Wedge

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Medical research funding announced The government has announced more than $559 million in funding to Australian health and medical research through the National Health and Medical Research Council. This is over $100m less than the previous government allocated in each of the past two years. The Gillard government spent $652m in last year’s October round and a record $674m in 2011, funding some 1140 grants each year.  However, NHMRC funding allocations are staggered through the year, with another substantial round expected in … [Read more...]

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