Higher education news summary, December 2010: Australia, New Zealand by ACUMA Incorporated

ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Higher education news summary • December 2010

Higher education news: December 2010 summary

Newcastle Uni scores lion's share of Indigenous research funding Melbourne Model students Mine tax plan for uni fees 'unfair', says HECS architect Push for probe into Youth Allowance Adelaide is well placed as the world's friendliest city Sydney Uni don dies of heart attack at Christmas Remote chance of university for indigenous Can Adelaide be a university town? PM asked to back down on Youthstart Student loan numbers surge Funding boost for student mobility Australia’s universities in strong financial shape Crafting a Naming Opportunities Plan Government helps rural and regional students attend university Consultation paper on higher education base funding review Fears Youth Allowance rules discourage uni Publishing giant Pearson looks set to offer degrees IRD gets tough on student-loan debtors Worrying end to a troubling year Newcastle Uni appoints first female Vice-Chancellor Students pay high price for freedom Adult entry application information: University of South Australia Just how high can the Aussie fly? All change for path to diversity Students win cash back on old tax What is intellectual capital? Does it matter? Raw marks not the dividing line between success and failure Designs on future as university reinvents itself New university plans $300 million Adelaide campus with Bill Clinton tipped to open on first day UTS sells to Defence Housing Australia First indigenous Rhodes Scholar named University of Ballarat expands into India Huawei pours $250K in RMIT for future hires Taxpayers pick up (Greens) bill for university education High tech learning at UWS Summertime Series Immigration Laws Cut Red Tape For Foreign Students Massey gets $4m more, UCOL suffers funding cut Monash University axes staff amid fall in enrolments UK crisis sounds a warning to sector Macquarie University's results not in jeopardy Bill Scales re-appointed Chancellor Casuals data hides reality on staff workloads Sector pins hopes on TEQSA legislation World-class HSC a model for reforms When Student Behavior Becomes a Media Crisis: Mitigation and Recovery UK: What students want - chapters, not books University presses join to face e-book future 2011 Higher Education Conference: 2-4 March 2011, Hotel Realm, Canberra Tertiary students get in early Banish Mickey Mouse from the republic of learning A degree you can bank on: MBA Universities remain places where freedom and creativity are celebrated Universities no longer the training grounds for future politicians Student unrest in Britain a good opportunity for NZ ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc

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Majority of academics are casual Student fees could fund political causes Top students go backwards A test for educational assessment Student Unionism Speech To Parliament: Sophie Mirabella MP CDU appoints new head of VET At Bloomsburg, sober room ensures safety, revenue Australian students fall behind rest of the world Melbourne Model takes my breadth away No student ought to be left behind CLA: No substitute for hard evidence Performance funding queried Fees structure will remain capped Innovative new building opened at La Trobe University The Bologna Accord: a revolution by degree UQ student gains first-hand experience of Timor politics Higher education aspirations for Valley Disillusionment in academe Academic shortfall threatens universities USQ bucks student downturn For the children of Sanctuary Point, their future is what we make it Majority don't want gov't telling students what to do Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Awards support student talent University of Queensland prepares for course cull AUT student winners of 2010 PR Practice Award Downturn Down Under Casual approach to counting staff University of NSW postgraduates find their voice Higher education news resources from ACUMA Incorporated

Newcastle Uni scores lion's share of Indigenous research funding ABC Newcastle December 31 2010 More than $500,000 has been awarded to two Newcastle University researchers for their work in Indigenous development. The Australian Research Council has allocated $150,000 to Kathleen Butler for her investigation into Indigenous students' access to tertiary education.... Full article: http://goo.gl/2qHge Melbourne Model students The Age January 01 2011 School is out for the first batch of students to study under Melbourne University’s controversial Melbourne Model. While some are happy with the new generalist degrees, others have been left with deep frustrations. IT WAS a radical idea: overhaul the Australian university style of teaching. Now, for the first students who signed up for Melbourne University's Melbourne Model, school's out.... Full article: http://goo.gl/T91xb

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Mine tax plan for uni fees 'unfair', says HECS architect The Australian December 29 2010 The architect of the HECS fee-payment system has condemned a proposal to use revenue from a mining tax to fund free university education. Economist Bruce Chapman of the Australian National University said the Greens proposal was"inequitable" and "regressive", and would not help lower income earners. He said.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Lcac8 Push for probe into Youth Allowance The Australian December 29 2010 NATIONALS senator Fiona Nash will push for an inquiry into Youth Allowance payments for university students when parliament resumes. The Coalition spokeswoman for regional education yesterday said a comprehensive inquiry was needed to explore how Youth Allowance payments were too often seen as welfare rather than to address inequalities in the access metropolitan and regional students had to a university education.... Full article: http://goo.gl/rUutl Adelaide is well placed as the world's friendliest city The Adelaide Advertiser December 29 2010 NEWCOMER Nigel Relph believes Adelaide should brand itself as "the world's friendliest city" . Mr Relph reckons the moniker would help South Australia stand out in a competitive market as a destination of choice for foreign students.... Full article: http://goo.gl/yAPEn Sydney Uni don dies of heart attack at Christmas The Sydney Morning Herald December 28 2010 GAVIN BROWN, a former vice-chancellor of Sydney University who held the post for 12 years, has died of a heart attack at his Adelaide home after a Christmas Day lunch with his family. "The universities of Australia have lost a great champion," said the chief executive of Universities Australia, Professor Glenn Withers, yesterday. "Gavin Brown had the distinction of being vice-chancellor of both Adelaide and Sydney universities. He helped transform each, while also promoting the wider cause of science and the contribution of universities to the community." Full article: http://goo.gl/PFVzX

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Remote chance of university for indigenous The Australian December 28 2010 THE recent release of 2009 university enrolment data shows that indigenous higher education participation continues to increase with 10,465 indigenous enrolments (an increase of nearly 10 per cent in one year, and 25 per cent since 2005) .... Full article: http://goo.gl/Zyjfm

Can Adelaide be a university town? AdelaideNow.com December 27 2010 ADELAIDE has the students, but why isn?t it considered to be a true university town? When Maureen Robinson touched down in Adelaide from Ottawa, the science post-grad thought she was leaving one university town for another.... Full article: http://goo.gl/KTPtX

PM asked to back down on Youthstart The Australian December 27 2010 JULIA Gillard faces mounting pressure to soften Labor's crackdown on youth allowance payments for some regional students.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Q88lT

Student loan numbers surge National Business Review, NZ December 24 2010 The recession-driven flight to university has seen student loans and allowances rise to their highest level yet. Year-end figures just released by Statistics New Zealand reveal 20,211 or 11.3% more people took out a student loan.... Full article: http://goo.gl/yezx3

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Funding boost for student mobility Swinburne Media Centre December 22 2010 Swinburne University has been awarded $641,000 by the federal government to fund its student mobility programs. The funding, administered by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, will provide undergraduate students who choose to study at one of Swinburne's overseas.... Full article: http://goo.gl/1A8pN

Australia’s universities in strong financial shape Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans December 20 2010 Australia’s Higher Education sector successfully weathered the Global Financial Crisis, recording a financially strong 2009, according to the latest aggregated financial report released today. Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, released the Finance 2009: Financial Reports of Higher Education Providers, showing revenue for the sector increased by.... Full article: http://goo.gl/OCeXw

Crafting a Naming Opportunities Plan AcademicImpressions.com September 03 2010 At the beginning of the year, when Utah Valley University announced its intention to raise funds by reselling the naming rights to its event center (at the request of the original donor, whose name was transferred to the school of education building), we ran an article featuring advice from.... Full article: http://goo.gl/iwLgo

Government helps rural and regional students attend university Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans December 17 2010 The most disadvantaged rural and regional students will now have more opportunity to attend university following the announcement of details of new grants under the Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund.... Full article: http://goo.gl/hrFpq

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Consultation paper on higher education base funding review Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans December 17 2010 Universities and the higher education sector are today invited to contribute their views about the future of higher education funding, with the release of a consultation paper by the Panel for the higher education base funding review.... Full article: http://goo.gl/P1j2x

Fears Youth Allowance rules discourage uni ABC News December 20 2010 A rural women's group says it is worried students living in some regional areas may be disadvantaged under new eligibility rules for the Youth Allowance. A Senate committee is conducting an inquiry into a bill that aims to extend Youth Allowance payments to eligible students in.... Full article: http://goo.gl/HkZDJ

Publishing giant Pearson looks set to offer degrees BBC, UK December 14 2010 One of the world's largest publishers, Pearson, looks set to be given degree-awarding powers, as the government seeks to open up the university sector to more private providers. Pearson, which owns exam board Edexcel, plans to start by offering four vocational degrees with a further education college.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ZvMFL

IRD gets tough on student-loan debtors The Dominion Post December 20 2010 Inland Revenue will make an example of selected student-loan absconders living overseas, who are collectively $191.4 million in repayment default, under new provisions that allow the.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Bs4es

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Worrying end to a troubling year University World News December 19 2010 It has not been the best of years for Australia's universities. Not exactly annus horribilis but pretty close, especially as 2010 nears its end and especially for the nation's biggest university, Monash. With an aim of becoming a top 100 global institution (in more ways than one), Monash has six campuses in Victoria and three overseas offshoots - full campuses in South Africa and Malaysia and.... Full article: http://goo.gl/TMaMe Newcastle Uni appoints first female Vice-Chancellor ABC News December 17 2010 The University of Newcastle has appointed its first ever female Vice-Chancellor. Professor Caroline McMillen, who is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of South Australia, will take up the role.... Full article: http://goo.gl/TddJ3 Students pay high price for freedom The New Zealand Herald December 18 2010 Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.... Full article: http://goo.gl/b8Vkl Adult entry application information: University of South Australia YouTube.com December 19 2010 http://goo.gl/aV1jl Just how high can the Aussie fly? The Sydney Morning Herald December 19 2010 IT'S been blamed for a fall in overseas wine sales. It's drastically cutting applications from overseas students to our universities. It's keeping a lid on the local sharemarket. And it's one of the principal reasons why property analysts are worried about the apartment market in Melbourne.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Mwte7

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All change for path to diversity Glyn Davis in The Australian December 18 2010 THIS is the sixth and concluding lecture in the 2010 Boyer Lecture series, titled The Republic of Learning. TWENTY years after the period of great amalgamation enforced a single model for an Australian university, there is a mood for change. This arises from universities themselves, which are keen.... Full article: http://goo.gl/cw5Ri

Students win cash back on old tax The Sydney Morning Herald December 18 2010 HUNDREDS of thousands of current and former students will receive partial tax refunds, after the Australian Tax Office said it would change previous assessments to comply with a landmark High Court ruling.... Full article: http://goo.gl/swFEO

What is intellectual capital? Does it matter? University World News December 16 2010 Innovation and knowledge are fast becoming new measures of international economic growth competitiveness with universities at the core. But measuring 'knowledge capital' or the more intangible intellectual capital as a contributor to national prosperity is still a new field. Potential for future competitiveness is increasingly based on aspects of the knowledge economy but other conditions must also be met for a country to become richer, according to.... Full article: http://goo.gl/rbY0G

Raw marks not the dividing line between success and failure The Sydney Morning Herald December 16 2010 Walt Disney assured generations of children that "if you can dream it, you can do it". J.K. Rowling has put it this way: "We don't need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already." Both of which merely reinforce that old 17th century English proverb, "To him that will, ways are not wanting".... Full article: http://goo.gl/LNI4s

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Designs on future as university reinvents itself The Sydney Morning Herald December 16 2010 AT ONE end of the scale is the $150 million ''treehouse'' business school designed by the world-famous architect Frank Gehry. At the other end of the $1 billion reinvention of the University of Technology, Sydney, is the $7 million Great Hall, which will soon have.... Full article: http://goo.gl/GVG2n New university plans $300 million Adelaide campus with Bill Clinton tipped to open on first day The Advertiser via News.com.au December 17 2010 FORMER US president Bill Clinton is tipped to come to Adelaide to open a $300 million Asia-Pacific university campus. US-based Laureate International, which boasts former Mr Clinton as its honorary chancellor, is.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Ipb0C UTS sells to Defence Housing Australia North Shore Times December 16 2010 The University of Technology Sydney has sold the land surrounding its Ku-ring-gai Campus to Defence Housing Australia (DHA). UTS vice-chancellor Professor Ross Milbourne said the campus buildings and the land on which they stand are not affected by the sale and UTS Ku-ring-gai remains an active university campus with.... Full article: http://goo.gl/4sluL First indigenous Rhodes Scholar named Sydney Morning Herald via AAP December 16 2010 The daughter of an outback stockman has been named Australia's first indigenous Rhodes Scholar. Rebecca Richards, a University of Adelaide anthropology student, was also the first of her family.... Full article: http://goo.gl/lQoag University of Ballarat expands into India The Ballarat Courier December 16 2010 The University of Ballarat will be Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first to open an undergraduate campus in India in July. Vice-chancellor David Battersby said yesterday the New Delhi campus would accept up to.... Full article: http://goo.gl/wmBKA ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc

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Huawei pours $250K in RMIT for future hires Computer World December 16 2010 Networking vendor Huawei has contributed $250,000 to training facilities at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) as part of its memorandum of understanding with the Victorian university.... Full article: http://goo.gl/Sqk5C Taxpayers pick up (Greens) bill for university education The Australian December 17 2010 A Greens proposal to reintroduce free university education for all Australian students would cost taxpayers $23 billion over four years. The estimate was included in yesterday's release of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations post-election brief to the incoming Gillard government.... Full article: http://goo.gl/91FA3 High tech learning at UWS Summertime Series UWS News December 14 2010 Greater Western Sydney residents looking to get their creative juices flowing over the Christmas break are invited to take part in a new range of short courses run by UWSCollege.... Full article: http://goo.gl/DXVa8 Immigration Laws Cut Red Tape For Foreign Students NZPA via Voxy, New Zealand December 15 2010 International students will be fighting less red tape to study in New Zealand under new immigrations laws, Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman says.... Full article: http://goo.gl/HPZa9 Massey gets $4m more, UCOL suffers funding cut The Manawatu Standard December 15 2010 Massey University has received a $4 million funding boost for next year, allowing for more student places. But UCOL has suffered a funding blow, like many other polytechnics, as the Government turns its focus to university qualifications.... Full article: http://goo.gl/75i1a ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc

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Monash University axes staff amid fall in enrolments The Australian December 15 2010 Monash University vice-chancellor Ed Byrne says staff cuts will form part of a significant restructure of the institution. ALMOST 400 staff at Monash will take redundancy as Australia's biggest university seeks to offset an expected decline in overseas student income.... Full article: http://goo.gl/5D5iz

UK crisis sounds a warning to sector The Australian December 15 2010 IN Britain, student tuition fees are set to triple and teaching subsidies slashed by 40 per cent, with the arts and humanities most badly affected. The question is, could such a dramatic reweighting of higher education towards private funding.... Full article: http://goo.gl/pIq7u

Macquarie University's results not in jeopardy The Australian December 15 2010 SOME examination results withheld by industrial action at Macquarie University may be released after a breakthrough yesterday. The National Tertiary Education Union struck an in-principle agreement with Macquarie.... Full article: http://goo.gl/BaX8v

Bill Scales re-appointed Chancellor Swinburne Media Centre December 14 2010 In a motion passed by Swinburne University’s Council, Mr Bill Scales' appointment as Chancellor has been extended for another five years – from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2016.... Full article: http://goo.gl/8Aeyg

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Casuals data hides reality on staff workloads The Australian December 15 2010 INDUSTRY professionals who give one-off or occasional guest lectures are distorting official estimates of universities' casual academic workloads. University of Technology, Sydney vice-chancellor Ross Milbourne said he was not surprised that.... Full article: http://goo.gl/mbLcv

Sector pins hopes on TEQSA legislation The Australian December 15 2010 THERE are hopes the federal government will release a draft of the legislation for the new tertiary education regulator. This follows a "constructive" confidential meeting in Canberra on Monday.... Full article: http://goo.gl/EEXtV

World-class HSC a model for reforms The Australian December 14 2010 THE NSW Higher School Certificate will be used as a model for changes in the British education system. The move is part of a study looking at the features of the world's best school qualifications.... Full article: http://goo.gl/eiGBI

When Student Behavior Becomes a Media Crisis: Mitigation and Recovery Academic Impressions December 09 2010 Daniel Fusch, Academic Impressions As one news source put it a few days ago, Duke University "keeps getting in the news for all the wrong reasons." The barrage of negative media attention to what are in all probability isolated and exceptional incidents at the university (a recent alumnus detailing.... Full article: http://goo.gl/fcyoY

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UK: What students want - chapters, not books University World News December 12 2010 It has become an axiom that today's students don't want to read whole books. Their attention span has declined in the digital age, where surfing and scanning are the norm. They often want reading lists from professors that consist of short articles and specific chapters rather.... Full article: http://goo.gl/fRmBF

University presses join to face e-book future University World News December 12 2010 It was once said that the purpose of the university press was to publish as many worthy scholarly books as possible without going broke. But university presses, many of them non-profit and kept afloat by their universities, are becoming concerned about e-books - if they cannot keep up with the changing digital landscape, many could.... Full article: http://goo.gl/hkMta

2011 Higher Education Conference: 2-4 March 2011, Hotel Realm, Canberra Universities Australia December 12 2010 Universities Australia is pleased to announce the program for its 2011 Higher Education Conference. The 2011 Conference will break away from traditional program formats to create greater opportunities for dialogue, analysis and engagement between the sector.... Full article: http://goo.gl/NWlLu

Tertiary students get in early The Waikato Times December 10 2010 Applications to study at Waikato's main tertiary institutions in 2011 are up as competition to get a place heats up. Waikato University has seen a 31 per cent (8504 students) increase on this time last year in applications from domestic students wanting to study there next year.... Full article: http://goo.gl/hda43

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Banish Mickey Mouse from the republic of learning The Australian December 11 2010 SOCIAL inclusion is a worthy goal but it must not come at the cost of academic standards. IN the 1930s, about 5 per cent of Australians went to university. By the late 80s, the figure had risen to about 25 per cent. If the Gillard government's targets are met, 40 per cent of today's primary school students will attend a university.... Full article: http://goo.gl/poZF2

A degree you can bank on: MBA The Australian December 11 2010 AUSTRALIAN companies are knocking down the doors of leading business schools to secure the best master of business administration graduates. They're also reinvesting in training, and in turn increasing demand for part-time MBA programs, which are typically well patronised by students sponsored by.... Full article: http://goo.gl/3jbpp

Universities remain places where freedom and creativity are celebrated Glyn Davis (Boyer Lectures) in The Australian December 11 2010 This is the fifth in the 2010 Boyer Lecture series, The Republic of Learning. This lecture is titled Fired with Enthusiasm THE contemporary university is a place like no other, full of brilliant, passionate and independentminded people. It is not for the faint-hearted.... Full article: http://goo.gl/fDkRt

Universities no longer the training grounds for future politicians The Australian December 11 2010 Universities were once training grounds for future politicians, but the pool has shrunk in the past two decades as the campuses have drifted away from old allegiances. What does it mean for party politics and the voters? Full article: http://goo.gl/Z5STH

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Student unrest in Britain a good opportunity for NZ TVNZ December 10 2010 Amid rebellion following the British parliament's approval of laws to increase university fees, Education New Zealand has launched a marketing plan to offer British students a Kiwi alternative. In a stunt to attract British students' attention, Education NZ has offered to pay the fees of Prince William and Kate Middleton's future first child if.... Full article: http://goo.gl/4NUeT

Majority of academics are casual University World News December 08 2010 Casualisation of the Australian academic workforce has long been of concern to education unions but until now no-one knew the full extent. So revelations that casual academics far outnumber those with permanent or ongoing employment have shocked the entire.... Full article: http://goo.gl/uqrhE

Student fees could fund political causes The Sydney Morning Herald December 09 2010 Fees collected from university students for campus services such as sporting clubs can actually be donated to political causes, Liberal students say. The federal government wants parliament to approve draft laws that will allow universities to.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ZWcu2

Top students go backwards The Australian December 09 2010 THE number of high achievers is shrinking because all the attention goes to the weak. THE results of the Program for International Student Assessment every three years are highly anticipated in education circles and are dissected for years afterwards.... Full article: http://goo.gl/2afJu

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A test for educational assessment ABC December 08 2010 What do the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results tell us and how much weight should they be given? The first thing to note, after years of educational success being measured by how much money was invested, is that the OECD-funded PISA test represents a change in focus for governments.... Full article: http://goo.gl/GWPXv Student Unionism Speech To Parliament: Sophie Mirabella MP WorldNews.com December 09 2010 http://wn.com/Sophie_Mirabella_MP__Student_Unionism__Speech_to_Parliament http://goo.gl/W86Wp CDU appoints new head of VET CDU News December 07 2010 A member of the senior executive of the NTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Education and Training (DET) will join Charles Darwin University next month to head one of its key portfolios.... Full article: http://goo.gl/o4e3J At Bloomsburg, sober room ensures safety, revenue The Times Leader December 06 2010 Bloomsburg University students found drunk sometimes wind up in a "sober room" on campus to be examined by a paramedic while supervised by a police officer. Usually, the students spend a few hours there until they sober up and the paramedic determines.... Full article: http://goo.gl/mbN8V Australian students fall behind rest of the world The Australian December 08 2010 AUSTRALIAN teenagers are falling behind the rest of the world in school because of a drop in academic performance by the nation's top students.... Full article: http://goo.gl/m0W0q

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Melbourne Model takes my breadth away The Australian December 08 2010 THE Melbourne model doesn't work equally well for all students. THIS year I come to the end of an experiment - on me. I am one of the cohort of students who began their undergraduate studies three years ago at the University of Melbourne, in the year the Melbourne model was launched.... Full article: http://goo.gl/k6058

No student ought to be left behind The Australian December 08 2010 DRIVEN by government targets and financial incentives, universities are recruiting more students from disadvantaged and poorer backgrounds. But keeping them there, and positively engaged, will require a reassessment of teaching practices.... Full article: http://goo.gl/aQJBI

CLA: No substitute for hard evidence The Australian December 08 2010 The Collegiate Learning Assessment measures skills judged critical in surveys of faculty and employers. The CLA is one of several assessment protocols used in the US to measure parts or all of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, problem solving, writing effectiveness, writing mechanics, and quantitative reasoning, skills reflected in most college mission statements and judged critical.... Full article: http://goo.gl/fl7IS

Performance funding queried The Australian December 08 2010 ROGER Benjamin, whose US education council is responsible for the Collegiate Learning Assessment test, has cast doubt on the viability of performance funding. "So far, performance-based funding systems [in the US] have not proved to be practical. A key reason is higher education institutions are complex," said Dr Benjamin, president and chief executive of.... Full article: http://goo.gl/CDffX

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Fees structure will remain capped The Australian December 08 2010 THE panel reviewing university base funding has ruled out an examination of fully deregulating fees amid pressure to free up market forces.... Full article: http://goo.gl/3oCnf Innovative new building opened at La Trobe University Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans December 06 2010 Staff and students at La Trobe University in Shepparton will have access to the very latest in educational facilities following the official opening of an innovative five star green building at the regional campus today.... Full article: http://goo.gl/zOmCS The Bologna Accord: a revolution by degree The Financial Times December 06 2010 The selection of the University of Bologna as the place for 29 education ministers to sign a groundbreaking higher education deal in 1999 was more than prescient. Yes, it is Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest university, founded in 1088. But as no Italian university now appears in the top 100 of any.... Full article: http://goo.gl/M8IwM UQ student gains first-hand experience of Timor politics UQ News December 06 2010 UQ international relations student Jo Sampford never guessed that attending a small Tuesday-night Oxfam forum in Brisbane would lead to working in the office of Timorese President and Nobel.... Full article: http://goo.gl/c6Qz1 Higher education aspirations for Valley LaTrobe Valley Express December 06 2010 INCREASING school retention rates and encouraging Latrobe Valley students to take up further education is high on the to-do list of Victoria's new higher education minister. State Member for Eastern Victoria Peter Hall was last week sworn in as the Higher Education and.... Full article: http://goo.gl/G0fju ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc

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Disillusionment in academe University World News December 05 2010 For many Australian academics there is a sense of a world lost, a conference of the Association of Commonwealth Universities in Melbourne was told last week. Professor Richard James said mid-career academics were under significant pressure, concerned about the sheer volume of their work.... Full article: http://goo.gl/9BCR9 Academic shortfall threatens universities University World News December 05 2010 In the next five years, Australian universities will have to replace almost half of their academics, says a report released last week. The report notes that fewer academics are now available to do the growing amount of work yet the capacity of the academic workforce is shrinking relative.... Full article: http://goo.gl/IChF1 USQ bucks student downturn The Chronicle December 04 2010 USQ has bucked the national trend in which most universities have experienced a nine per cent decrease in the number of international students coming to Australia to undertake tertiary studies.... Full article: http://goo.gl/pxMiY For the children of Sanctuary Point, their future is what we make it The Australian December 04 2010 This is the fourth in the 2010 Boyer Lecture series, The Republic of Learning. This lecture is titled Becoming a Citizen. PEOPLE expect university entry to be based strictly on the principle of merit. Elitism -- at least elitism based on something other than intellectual ability.... Full article: http://goo.gl/4F7gX Majority don't want gov't telling students what to do Tertiary Education Union, New Zealand December 02 2010 Students held silent vigils outside MPs' offices yesterday in protest against the voluntary student membership bill that will abolish compulsory membership of student unions at tertiary institutions. The Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill is a member's bill sponsored.... Full article: http://goo.gl/0q1LU ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc

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Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Awards support student talent RMIT News November 29 2010 Eight RMIT University students have been awarded $32,000 in scholarships through the 10th annual Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Awards.... Full article: http://goo.gl/WcQ2z University of Queensland prepares for course cull The Brisbane Times December 02 2010 The University of Queensland will cull some teaching and research programs in preparation for a new tertiary education era that Vice-Chancellor Paul Greenfield said would affect the entire sector. Professor Greenfield, who was elected the new chair of the Group of Eight universities.... Full article: http://goo.gl/UdEzq AUT student winners of 2010 PR Practice Award Scoop.co.nz December 02 2010 A highly successful public relations campaign for the New Zealand Rugby Foundation (NZRF) has won a group of AUT Communications students the annual Network PR Practice Award. The Network PR Practice Award recognises excellence in planning and executing real life campaigns.... Full article: http://goo.gl/tCSxV Downturn Down Under InsideHigherEd.com November 30 2010 Central Queensland University’s main campus is located in prime territory for mining -- of coal, natural gas, nickel and precious stones (emeralds, rubies and sapphires). Australia’s is largely an extractive economy -- its two largest export industries are the mining of coal and iron ore.... Full article: http://goo.gl/m0aw3 Casual approach to counting staff The Australian December 01 2010 THE proliferation of the casual academic workforce is not being reflected in official statistics. A new report has argued they may be conducting more than 40 per cent of teaching in public universities.... Full article: http://goo.gl/ro2nv ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 || Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 || admin.acuma@acuma.org.au http://www.acuma.org.au || http://twitter.com/acumainc || http://www.scribd.com/acumainc

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University of NSW postgraduates find their voice The Australian December 01 2010 OSMAN Faruqi is the first to admit he knows little about the needs and challenges of his university's postgraduate population. Which is why the 20-year-old environmental engineering and arts student has championed the University of NSW's 16,000 postgraduate students.... Full article: http://goo.gl/TVw8o Higher education news resources from ACUMA Incorporated: Full daily updates for ACUMA members Limited daily public updates Monthly public higher education news summaries

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