Melbourne top dog

11/10/2012 By
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The Australian    |    11 October 2012 Melbourne University's position as Australia’s leading university, as measured by various league tables, was confirmed with the release of the research-focused National Taiwan University Ranking.   Melbourne ranked 35 in the world, ahead of Sydney at 61 and University of Queensland on 72.  ANU, usually Melbourne’s closest Australian challenger, languishes in this particular ranking coming in at 172 internationally and 6th nationally Australia posted 13 institutions in the top 500 of the National Taiwan University Ranking. Australia has two top 10 institutions in specific areas: UQ in the subject area of environment and ecology … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Macquarie University, Monash, Rankings, Research, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Newcastle, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, Univesity of Western Australia, UNSW Tagged With: ,

Aust unis feature strongly in rankings

04/10/2012 By
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The Australian    |    4 October 2012 The Conversation    |   4 October  2012 Increased research investment and improved collaboration with Asia is driving Australian universities' strong performance in the latest global league table published today, according to commentators.  The University of Melbourne confirmed its elite status, topping the local league table and moving into the world's top 30.  It is up nine places from last year, to number 28, moving clear of its nearest rival, the Australian National University on 37.  The University of NSW and Monash University moved into the top 100, bringing Australia's tally there to six.  National representation in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Monash, Rankings, universities, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, University of Queensland, University of Sydney Tagged With: , , ,

Australian unis lose ground in QS World Rankings

11/09/2012 By
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The Australian   11 September 2012 Local universities are losing ground in the QS global ranking, with one less Australian university in the top 100, as international competitors build their academic reputations and begin to pursue the overseas student market in earnest. The local top seven are in the same order as last year, led by the Australian National University, which rose by two in the world rankings to 24.  The University of Queensland, fourth locally, also rose by two global rankings, to 46. But almost all other Australians lost ground.  In some cases this was marginal: the University of Sydney and Monash University, third and sixth locally, dropped only one ranking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ANU, Monash, Queensland University, Rankings, RMIT, universities, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, UNSW Tagged With: , ,

The rankings game pays off

03/09/2012 By
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Australian Financial Review   3 September 2012 University rankings have become a formidable force in contemporary higher education, and none more so than the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) compiled by China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Simon Marginson, a University of Melbourne professor and rankings expert who sits on an advisory committee to the ARWU, says a ranking is the equivalent of an equity price in the corporate world. On the ground, higher rankings mean better students, better staff and more money: If you’re higher ranked than someone else you attract more high-quality students, better staff come to work for you and, all other things being equal, … [Read more...]

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Vice-chancellors bag Grattan report

07/08/2012 By
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Australian Financial Review    6 August 2012 Vice-chancellors have warned politicians not to adopt the findings of the Grattan Institute report proposing significant cuts to public funding of higher education because they say it does not give sufficient weight to the public benefits of a highly educated population, such as lower crime rates and better health. Curtin University vice-chancellor Jeanette Hacket says Grattan’s modelling focused on school leavers, who had a lifetime of earnings ahead of them.  But at some universities up to half the enrollees were mature-age students who would baulk at higher fees, even if they could be deferred. University of NSW vice-chancellor … [Read more...]

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Cuts at Sydney: protestors occupy office

09/04/2012 By

The Australian    5 April 2012 Students and staff at the University of Sydney occupied an office in the arts faculty on 4 April, in protest over proposed academic job cuts.  According to organisers, about 1000 protestors marched to the main quadrangle at lunchtime and occupied the office for several hours.  Sydney vice-chancellor Michael Spence was not on the campus.  “(The) rally was an important part of the campaign against the proposed job cuts,”   Michael Thomson, president of the National Tertiary Education Union, University of Sydney branch, said.  “The anger against the vice-chancellor was clearly visible across the rally.”   NewsEXTRA Desk... … [Read more...]

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Campaign against redundancies to roll on

24/03/2012 By
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The Australian   24 March 2012 Despite proposed redundancies at Sydney University being placed on hold, National Tertiary Education Union president at the university, Michael Thomson, says it will proceed with a rally planned for 4 April as part of a rolling campaign of protest against the proposed sacking of 100 academics and redeployment of 64 others to teaching only positions.In an email to staff after the settlement Mr Thomson said: "While this gives members and the union more opportunities to argue that individuals on the targeted list are being treated unjustly, our broader campaign against the job cuts will continue so as to keep the pressure on university management to rescind … [Read more...]

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Sydney Uni: job cuts on hold

22/03/2012 By

The Australian   22 March 2012 Job cuts at the University of Sydney have been put on old while the management holds more talks with targeted academics and their colleagues.  Following conciliation between the university and the National Tertiary Education Union at Fair Work Australia, the union claimed the change would mean fewer than the planned 100 academic jobs would be cut. Sydney deputy vice-chancellor Stephen Garton said the university was happy to comply with the request for what he called "one further step in the consultation process". NewsEXTRA Desk... … [Read more...]

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Four Australian universities score highly in the world reputation rankings

15/03/2012 By
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The University of Melbourne, the Australian National University, the University of Sydney and Queensland are in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for the second year running and all recorded rises on last year's results.  Melbourne, ANU and Sydney were in the top 50, Melbourne at 43 (up from 45), ANU at 44 (up from 51-60) and Sydney at 50 (up from 51-60).   Queensland moved into the 71-80 band, from 81-90 last year.  The rankings were headed by the usual suspects: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Cambridge, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Oxford.   Go to NewsEXTRA … [Read more...]

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The Scan 15 March 2012

14/03/2012 By
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Control and click headlines and highlights to link to articles, Links may not work unless you or your organisation is a paid subscriber to the originating media outlet.  Check with your communications people about subscriptions. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UA conference: stepping into the unknown The impact of current reforms on universities and students cannot yet be known and there are questions around how truly “deregulated” it is in design.  At least one certainty emerged from the excitement and trepidation expressed at last week’s three-day conference, however, and that was the … [Read more...]

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