Higher Education News in November 2010: Australia, New Zealand Focus

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Downturn Down Under

Young leaders meet at Australian Youth-Led Convention
Establishment of the National VET Regulator
Government cuts $250 per student
Report shows Government on track to meet key education targets
Our universities - something wicked their way comes
Coalition vows to restore diploma concession fees
Chubb named ACT Australian of the Year
Mental illness running high among uni students
UCOL students quit national body
Too many skills for the job
Ditch Dawkins' reforms or be doomed to mediocrity
Tertiary agency talks to resume
Regional universities urge Senate to pass bill
MP questions student amenities bill 'impost'
Another Rhodes scholarship for Otago
TAFE fees face $96m cut under Libs plan
Penguin plans Arabic books venture
SCU back compulsory student fees
Uni student union asked to cut costs
VSM Will Cripple The VBC Radio Station
Mental distress hounds uni students: study
Communiqué for the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) Meeting –
19 November 2010
Stronger national framework for education qualifications
Newcastle Uni counts cost of losing compulsory student fees
Watchdog won’t bite you, Australia’s elite universities assured
Hansard extract: Second reading, Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities) Bill 2010
Students should be in charge: Bandt
New framework for qualifications gets up
Voluntary student membership 'a mistake'
Unis evolve, but chemistry of teaching still captivates
National Party called on to support Student Services for Regional Universities and Students
Student President on Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic merge
Bill delivers more money for higher education
Graduates reap salary rewards
Government defers standards bill
House gives nod to student services bill
Wellington Police & Victoria University - Working together for a safer community
Bryan Gould: Still gaps in study standards despite success of NCEA0
Funding guidelines all smoke and mirrors
Chris Evans insists on a TEQSA with teeth
Lack of a tertiary policy draws ire
Broke postgraduate association heads for home
Standards must reflect our needs (Australian Qualifications Framework)
Strong support for student services and amenities fees
Establishment of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
Minister puts off contentious plans for new regulator
Glyn Davis' brave new 'Republic': 2010 Boyer Lectures
Time to prepare for the premier league
First Year in Higher Education Conference 2011 - call for submissions
The challenge of quality assurance
Failure is not an option with pass-for-cash scams
High Court says textbooks, fees qualify for refunds
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Finding a voice for higher education

Diploma rort: 50 students rejected
NUS survey supports focus on quality
Minister Garrett closes the Australian Youth Mentoring Conference
Charles Sturt students give NUS survey a miss
Alarm over proposed quality agency
Student's tax claim upheld by High Court
University of Sydney unveils its Sydney Festival program
International students: in our best interests
Tiny enrolment does not deter Carnegie Mellon University
Bias in the eye of the beholder
Counter-culture takes over in student quality surveys
6.3% varsity fees rise confirmed
Regulatory briefing for fortunate few
Australia deserves a great university
Our own little Ivy League
Student dismay at 6.3% fee rise
Why we should strive for a top echelon uni
Unis locked in the 'great' debate
A buyer's market
Murdoch University Launches New International Scholarship
Vouchers just the ticket for better education
MP defends student union Bill
Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010
KiwiSaver, student loan or both?
58 New Trade Training Centres - to boost vocational education
Currency crunch forces students into Oz rethink
For sale: UNSW agrees to cash-for-names policy
UA Submission: Inquiry into Compulsory Student Fees as part of the Scrutiny of New Taxes
Tertiary Education Union Update, New Zealand
Alarming fall in Chinese student numbers
Australian Qualifications Framework decision may be put off
Universities fee hike threatens equitable system
Liberals keen to lead debate again
Equitable but not very affordable
Quality debate stifled
Growth puts quality at risk
Expert pans NAPLAN and website
Taxpayers and students must pay more for unis
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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 -- but vying with gold
mining for third is international education, which depends not on the removal of nonrenewable resources
but on the importation of a renewable resource: students....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/m0aw3
Young leaders meet at Australian Youth-Led Convention

Media release: The Hon Peter Garrett MP
November 26 2010
Some of our most active and engaged young people will gather together in Canberra over the next
three days, for the inaugural Australian Youth-Led Convention.
Welcoming the participants, Minister for Youth Peter Garrett, spoke about the importance of both
youth-led organisations and young leaders, and the invaluable contribution they make....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/HwYKG
Establishment of the National VET Regulator

Media Release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans
November 26 2010
The Australian Government will continue to drive Australia’s skills revolution by creating a single national
regulator for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/JJ6Ij
Government cuts $250 per student

Tertiary Education Union, NZ
November 25 2010
A Ministry of Education report published this week shows that funding per equivalent full time student
fell 3.2 percent between 2008 and 2009
The report, Outputs and outcomes of the government’s tertiary education expenditure 2005-2009,
shows that while the government’s student achievement component funding increased....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/pMXaa
Report shows Government on track to meet key education targets

Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans
November 25 2010
A new report confirms the Government is on track to meet its education targets and deliver on its
commitment to a world class education system for Australia.
Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, welcomed the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics
Survey of Education and Work report which shows the proportion of 25-34 year-olds with at least....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/an2U9
Our universities - something wicked their way comes

OnlineOpinion.com.au
November 26 2010
Even though more than one million Australians and international students are enrolled in higher education
and TAFE courses, the sector is rightfully worried about its future.
Large falls in enrolments of Chinese and Indian students will have dramatic knock on effects for
university budgets in....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/BhG4t
Coalition vows to restore diploma concession fees

The Australian
November 24 2010
VICTORIA'S Liberal-National opposition yesterday said it would restore student concession fees for
diplomas.
The announcement is part of a $96 million funding boost for vocational education....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/rclqD
Chubb named ACT Australian of the Year

The Canberra Times
November 24 2010
The head of the Australian National University has been named the ACT Australian of the Year.
Professor Ian Chubb received the award at a ceremony at the National Gallery last night.
He is being recognised for his 30 years work in the tertiary education sector and university governance.
Professor Chubb says the highlight of his career has been his time as vice-chancellor of the ANU....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/yDpDS
Mental illness running high among uni students

ABC News
November 23 2010
Researchers have found mental illness among Australian university students is five times higher than in the
general population.
Despite Australia's booming economy, another study shows young people are also facing a tough time
getting jobs....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/bPNvW
UCOL students quit national body
The Manawatu Standard, NZ

November 23 2010
A deepening rift is threatening the national student body as polytechnics form a splinter group due to a
rise in fees and what they see as unfair representation.
The UCOL student union split from the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA) last week
and voted in favour of forming a national student body to represent polytechnics and small
universities....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/IxWJs
Too many skills for the job

The Australian
November 24 2010
UP TO one-third of graduates may have skills and education levels over and above the needs of their
jobs.
This was putting to waste their potential productivity, innovative workplace cultures and a sense....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Cg2SO
Ditch Dawkins' reforms or be doomed to mediocrity

James McWha in The Australian
November 24 2010
UNIVERSITIES should be able to specialise in either teaching or research or both.
AUSTRALIAN higher education is facing a period of rapid change and expansion, with government
reforms aiming to increase the proportion of 25 to 34-year-olds with bachelor-level qualifications....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/0WgKN
Tertiary agency talks to resume

The Australian
November 24 2010
THE federal government is expected to convene another consultation meeting with the higher education
sector before the end of the year.
This comes as the government seeks to forge agreement on contentious legislation to create a new
national tertiary education regulator....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/yngll
Regional universities urge Senate to pass bill

The Australian
November 24 2010
SEVEN universities from the regions have clubbed together to urge swift passage of the student
amenities bill....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/igg9v
MP questions student amenities bill 'impost'

ABC South West WA
November 23 2010
The Member for O'Connor, Tony Crooke, says he is disappointed with the Federal Government's
decision to pass the student amenities bill....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/agYCI
Another Rhodes scholarship for Otago

Otago Daily Times
November 24 2010
University of Otago graduate Iona Mylek, who is ''hugely concerned'' over global poverty and
development issues, has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes scholarship.
Auckland University student Richard Higgins and former Canterbury University student....
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http://goo.gl/6FFUZ
TAFE fees face $96m cut under Libs plan

The Bendigo Advertiser
November 24 2010
HEALTH Care card holders will have TAFE fees reduced from $2000 a year to $100 under a Coalition
plan to cut TAFE fees by $96 million.
In Bendigo yesterday, Coalition spokesman for tertiary education and training, Peter Hall, announced....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/TjRCy
Penguin plans Arabic books venture

The Wall Street Journal
November 24 2010
Pearson PLC's publishing unit Penguin Group is set to sign a joint venture with an Egypt-based publisher
on Wednesday to bring its Penguin Classics to Arabic-speaking countries, the latest in a string of deals
that has seen Penguin expand its classic-literature brand through non-English versions....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/aHujb
SCU back compulsory student fees
The Northern Star

November 23 2010
SOUTHERN Cross University is part of a nationwide push to bring back compulsory student fees.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Lee is one of six university leaders in Australia seeking to reintroduce
the controversial fees abolished under....
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http://goo.gl/2RQbo
Uni student union asked to cut costs

Casey Weekly
November 23 2010
THE student union at Monash University's Berwick campus has been asked to tighten its belt as the
university moves to make budget cuts of $45 million next year.
The cuts come as the university anticipates a "levelling off" in international student enrolments across....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/zFSMS
VSM Will Cripple The VBC Radio Station

Voxy, New Zealand
November 22 2010
Local Wellington student radio station the VBC 88.3FM is hosting a gig at the San Francisco Bath House
from 9pm this Wednesday 24th November raising awareness of what will be lost if a current Act Party
Bill before Parliament is passed. Heather Roy's Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill
would impose Voluntary Student Membership (VSM) on all students' association....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/9uAwv
Mental distress hounds uni students: study

The Sydney Morning Herald
November 22 2010
More than 80 per cent of university students are struggling with psychological distress, a new study has
found....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/9DdBL
Communiqué for the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) Meeting –
19 November 2010
November 19 2010
Ministers met in Sydney today for the inaugural MCTEE Industry Forum and the final business meeting of
the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment for 2010.
Tonight, Ministers will celebrate the outstanding achievements of Australia’s vocational education....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/1WgFB
Stronger national framework for education qualifications

November 19 2010
Federal, state and territory education ministers today endorsed a stronger national qualifications
framework.
The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) approved significant changes to
the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) for Australia’s education sectors....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/0sC7m
Newcastle Uni counts cost of losing compulsory student fees

ABC News
November 16 2010
Newcastle University has told a Senate Inquiry it has lost more than $6 million annually, since the
abolition of compulsory student fees five years ago....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/BpvY4
Watchdog won’t bite you, Australia’s elite universities assured

Times Higher Education
November 20 2010
A chief architect of the regulatory reform proposed to guarantee the quality of higher education in
Australia has assured the heads of the country’s elite universities that they will not be buried in red tape.
Denise Bradley, who led the landmark Review of Australian Higher Education in 2008, said that she
understood the concerns being raised about the Tertiary Education Quality and....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/R1dfo
Hansard extract: Second reading, Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and
Amenities) Bill 2010
APH.gov.au
November 17 2010
Mr KELVIN THOMSON (Wills) (12:18 PM) —I am very pleased to support the Higher Education
Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010. In listening to the speech of the
member for Cowper, I was reminded of the extent to which the Liberal Party and the National Party
hate the word ‘union’. If only student organisations called themselves clubs, associations or....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/gL8Jn
Students should be in charge: Bandt

Media Release: Adam Bandt MP
November 18 2010
Greens MP Adam Bandt has criticised government legislation to restore student services funding saying
students should control how the money is spent.
The Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010 will overturn
aspects of the Howard government's voluntary student unionism laws by allowing universities....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/XUApW
New framework for qualifications gets up

The Australian
November 19 2010
A NEW qualifications framework for use by the new tertiary regulator was approved by education
ministers today.
The beefed-up Australian Qualifications Framework would....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/QfHVj
Voluntary student membership 'a mistake'

The Dominion Post
November 20 2010
New Zealand should not make the same mistake as Australia and introduce voluntary student union
membership, its national student union president says.
A bill is before Australia's Parliament to reverse significant parts of the voluntary student union
membership, or VSU, introduced four years ago....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/vAmOo
Unis evolve, but chemistry of teaching still captivates

Glyn Davis in The Australian
November 20 2010
Glyn Davis doubts the familiar university is endangered. Picture: Manuela Cifra Source: Supplied
A Lectern in a Dusty Room is the second lecture in the 2010 Boyer Lecture series, titled The Republic of
Learning
PEOPLE learn differently. Finding an approach that works for everyone is difficult....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/7NfcP
National Party called on to support Student Services for Regional Universities and Students
November 19 2010
Media Release: NTEU
NTEU calls on the Senate to pass the Student Services and Amenities Fee Bill 2010 when it is introduced
into the Senate next week. When passed, the Bill will allow universities to restore many of the student
services and advocacy which have been severely depleted as a consequence of the Coalition’s
Voluntary Student Unionism legislation passed....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/MgSOw
Student President on Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic merge

Scoop, New Zealand
November 19 2010
Message from Lincoln University Student President
The Lincoln University Students’ Association (LUSA) welcomes students from Telford Rural Polytechnic,
following the announcement yesterday by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce that Lincoln
University and Telford will merge. “Obviously negotiations have been in progress for....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/0y9Se
Bill delivers more money for higher education

November 18 2010
Australia’s transition to a university funding system which is more responsive to student demand has
moved a step closer with the passage of important legislation through Federal Parliament.
Minister for Tertiary Education Senator Chris Evans today welcomed the passage this week by....
Full article:
http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/evans/media/releases/pages/article_101118_185102.aspx
Graduates reap salary rewards

The Age
November 19 2010
WANT to earn a higher wage? Keep studying.
More than 70 per cent of employees with an undergraduate degree earn more than those who did not
study beyond high school....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/LUVrG
Government defers standards bill

University World News
November 18 2010
An outcry from Australia's universities has forced the federal government to hold off until next year
introducing legislation to parliament that would establish a new and powerful quality and standards
agency. The legislation was to have been tabled this week but Education Minister Chris Evans announced
it would be deferred to the autumn session of parliament in....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/WdxE3
House gives nod to student services bill

The Australian
November 18 2010
A BILL that would partly undo the voluntary student unionism regime of the Howard era was passed by
the House of Representatives today.
The Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill would allow
universities to levy students for campus activities and services such as clubs, sport, childcare and....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/2jxBZ
Wellington Police & Victoria University - Working together for a safer community
InfoNews, New Zealand
November 17 2010
Wellington Police and Victoria University have signed a Letter of Agreement to continue working
towards a common goal of keeping Victoria University a safe community for students and staff....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/uSOil
Bryan Gould: Still gaps in study standards despite success of NCEA0

New Zealand Herald
November 17 2010
The recently published assessment that New Zealand has the best education system in the world is a
valuable antidote to our predilection for beating ourselves up about our supposed failings....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/b7oIT
Funding guidelines all smoke and mirrors

Marcia Devlin in The Australian
November 17 2010
THE government will discover that measuring performance is much easier said than done.
WHEN I was a girl, my favourite children's story was Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New
Clothes....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/pz0xG
Chris Evans insists on a TEQSA with teeth

The Australian
November 17 2010
TERTIARY Education Minister Chris Evans has reiterated the need for a higher education watchdog with
teeth.
This follows fraught talks with universities last week that have delayed the finalisation of legislation for
the new regulator until next year....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/1O0ow
Lack of a tertiary policy draws ire

The Australian
November 17 2010
TENSIONS over the emergence of a tertiary education system were all on display last week.
This was especially around access to commonwealth places, the role of research in delivering degrees,
and industrial relations....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Mp91M
Broke postgraduate association heads for home

The Australian
November 17 2010
Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations president Tammi Jonas can no longer afford an office.
WHEN Tammi Jonas closes her office door in inner-Melbourne Carlton for the last time next week, there
will be a cruel inevitability about it.
The empty office and threadbare accounts are a testament to the voluntary student union legislation of
the Howard government....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/CpRYU
Standards must reflect our needs (Australian Qualifications Framework)

The Australian
November 17 2010
AQFC chairman John Dawkins speaks to the HES about critical changes to the nation's regulatory
framework for higher education....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/e29SK
Strong support for student services and amenities fees

November 15 2010
Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, today welcomed the House of Representatives
Employment and Education Committee report into the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student
Services and Amenities) Bill 2010....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/tW7V2
Establishment of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

November 15 2010
The Government will now introduce legislation to establish the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards
Agency early in the autumn 2011 sittings of Parliament.
“The establishment of TEQSA is an important step to ensuring students receive a high quality education
from Australia’s higher education institutions and that Australia’s international reputation as a quality
provider of tertiary education is protected,” the Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/JUdNh
Minister puts off contentious plans for new regulator

The Australian
November 15 2010
TERTIARY education minister Chris Evans has delayed legislation for the new higher education regulator
in the wake of university criticism of draft plans presented last week....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/lHifs
Glyn Davis' brave new 'Republic': 2010 Boyer Lectures

ABC Unleashed
November 16 2010
(A recording and transcript of Professor Glyn Davis' first 2010 Boyer Lecture 'The Global Moment' can
be found at http://goo.gl/Ss5PG).
In the first instalment of the 2010 Boyer Lectures, University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis
gave an optimistic, some might say glib, assessment of the state of the modern university....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/aLC7i
Time to prepare for the premier league

Ed Byrne in The Age
November 16 2010
The recent debate on whether Australia should aspire to have a truly world-class university is very
topical. The argument for aspiration at the highest level has been stated eloquently by Professor Steven
Schwartz....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/BR4xH
First Year in Higher Education Conference 2011 - call for submissions

November 2010
The Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education (FYHE) Conference Organising Committee invites
submissions for its 14th Conference to be held in Fremantle from 28 June - 1 July 2011....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/b2HvH
The challenge of quality assurance

November 14 2010
How the quality of a university education can be assured and standards of teaching and research
maintained is an issue that governments and higher education institutions around the world continue to
confront. In a paper discussing how different countries have tackled this topic, as Australia is at present,
the Executive Director of the Australian Group of Eight universities, Michael Gallagher, considers....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/IvSmq
Failure is not an option with pass-for-cash scams

The New Zealand Herald
November 13 2010
Mary couldn't believe it when she told her students they'd finally flunked the course - and they just
smiled.
"I'd say 'you've failed too many times, you've got to re-enrol for this paper' and they'd come to me and
say 'no problem'," says the former senior staff member at an Auckland school for overseas students....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/F6srB
High Court says textbooks, fees qualify for refunds

The Herald Sun
November 12 2010
A HIGH Court ruling could reap students thousands of dollars by claiming educational expenses.
Youth Allowance recipients will be able to claim the hefty cost of textbooks, stationery and
administration fees after the court found educational expenses were incurred in gaining income because
students need to be in full-time study to receive the financial assistance....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/WQKcL
Finding a voice for higher education

Glyn Davis on ABC
November 12 2010
In Australia, university study is more popular than ever before. More than 700,000 Australians are
enrolled in higher education courses, and 2011 applications suggest numbers will continue to grow.
If a test of esteem is the desire to join, universities have never been held in greater standing....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/JaPpK
Diploma rort: 50 students rejected

November 13 2010
An Auckland university campus rejected about 50 foreign students after an investigation found most
could speak barely a word of English and their business diplomas from local schools were fake....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/KfcGV
NUS survey supports focus on quality

November 11 2010
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, today welcomed the release by the National
Union of Students of a national survey of students’ perceptions of higher education quality....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/wG65Y
Minister Garrett closes the Australian Youth Mentoring Conference

Media release: The Hon Peter Garrett MP
November 11 2010
180 national and international delegates were treated to the closing statement made by the Minister
for Youth, Peter Garrett today at the Australian Youth Mentoring Conference on the Gold Coast....
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http://goo.gl/Dxl6B
Charles Sturt students give NUS survey a miss

Central Western Daily
November 11 2010
The lack of a politically active student representative body was the reason for a small response from
Charles Sturt University (CSU) students in a national survey, the National Union of Students (NUS)
believes....
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http://goo.gl/Vz6K4
Alarm over proposed quality agency

November 10 2010
Plans by the federal government to introduce legislation this month covering quality assurance and
academic standards have raised fears the nation's universities will lose much of their autonomy and
possibly some of their funding....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/eaOSx
Student's tax claim upheld by High Court

The Age
November 11 2010
Hundreds of thousands of youth allowance recipients will be able to claim their education costs as tax
deductions as a result of a landmark High Court judgment delivered in Canberra today.
The Commissioner of Taxation had appealed to the High Court to overturn a Federal Court ruling....
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http://goo.gl/G2pWY
University of Sydney unveils its Sydney Festival program

USyd News
November 09 2010
Whether it be classical nudes, movies in the Quadrangle, tales of your girlfriend's boyfriend, or ancient
Chinese lute-like instruments, there is something for everyone in the University of Sydney program of
events for the 2011 Sydney Festival....
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http://goo.gl/CkFA6
International students: in our best interests

ABC Australia
November 10 2010
International education is the third-largest earner of international export revenue for Australia,
generating more than $12 billion per annum, trailing only the coal and iron ore extraction industries,
and eclipsing tourism....
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http://goo.gl/qxG2A
Tiny enrolment does not deter Carnegie Mellon University

The Australian
November 10 2010
THE nation's first foreign university, Carnegie Mellon, is committing to stay in Australia despite having
just two full fee-paying students....
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http://goo.gl/JeOpt
Bias in the eye of the beholder

The Australian
November 10 2010
RATHER than being brainwashed, educated people generally think before they vote.
A RECENT article in The Weekend Australian ("Why graduates lean to the left", October 30-31) by a
conservative undergraduate claimed that the increased Greens vote demonstrated left-wing bias in
universities....
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http://goo.gl/cSKki
Counter-culture takes over in student quality surveys

The Australian
November 10 2010
EVERYONE'S a regulator.
Tomorrow, the peak student body will release results from its first national survey of quality, touching on
everything from crowded tutorials to techno-challenged teachers....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Cp2jb
6.3% varsity fees rise confirmed

The Otago Daily Times
November 10 2010
The annual tuition fee-setting exercise for the University of Otago council yesterday followed a now-
familiar pattern.
The two student representatives argued against the proposed increase and suggested....
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http://goo.gl/05RWW
Regulatory briefing for fortunate few

The Australian
November 10 2010
A TWO-DAY closed briefing on the new higher education regulatory legislation concludes today in
Canberra....
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http://goo.gl/MhzKb
Australia deserves a great university

Stephen Schwartz, Macquarie University
November 09 2010
An article in The Melbourne Age raises the question - should Australia aspire to have one or two great
universities.
The Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University, Professor Greg Craven, says the answer is....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/509Cj
Our own little Ivy League

The Australian
November 10 2010
THERE was a "modest risk" school-leavers could find it tougher getting into a Group of Eight university
under the new demand-driven system.
This is according to University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis....
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http://goo.gl/bAV8D
Student dismay at 6.3% fee rise

November 09 2010
A proposed 6.3% increase in tuition fees for most University of Otago students next year is too much,
Otago University Student Association (OUSA) president Harriet Geoghegan says....
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http://goo.gl/9ps81
Why we should strive for a top echelon uni

Steven Schwartz in The Age
November 09 2010
IMAGINE you are the newly appointed coach of the Wallabies. It is the start of the season and you are
seeking backing from fans, government agencies and sporting societies. How will you motivate potential
supporters? What goal will really inspire them? Do you promise to win more matches than you....
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http://goo.gl/JsWtZ
Unis locked in the 'great' debate

The Age
November 09 2010
Should Australia aspire to have a university ranked in the world's top 10? By Erica Cervini.
GREG Craven is firm: Australia should forget about getting one of its universities rated among the
world's top 10....
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http://goo.gl/wIDvw
A buyer's market
Andrew Norton in The Age
November 02 2010
THOUGH few realise it, today's secondary school students will be the most influential university students
in Australia's history. For the first time, it's likely that there will be more university places than students
and this buyer's market should make universities much more focused on student preferences....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/9z6zq
Murdoch University Launches New International Scholarship

PRWeb.com
November 08 2010
Students from around the world looking for university scholarships to study in Australia now have more
options thanks to Murdoch University’s new International Discoverers’ Scholarship Scheme....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/vhVuw
Vouchers just the ticket for better education

The Australian
November 06 2010
GOVERNMENT should revisit its policies if it is serious about giving parents more options.
THERE are comparatively few policy innovations with the capacity to command broad support from the
electorate and across the political class. Voucher systems for educational services come....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/5eNdi
MP defends student union Bill

November 08 2010
ACT New Zealand Party MP Heather Roy took a shot on Saturday at student opposition to her Bill
requiring voluntary membership of students' associations....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/VAsin
Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010

APH.gov.au
November 03 2010
PDF link.
http://goo.gl/6pNvX
KiwiSaver, student loan or both?

November 06 2010
I've just moved back to New Zealand and I have been offered a full-time position, earning $60,000.
I haven't lived or worked in New Zealand since 2005. I have a hefty student loan close to $100,000,
which I have been attempting to reduce while based overseas.
Is it better for me to contribute $100 per month (based on 2 per cent of pay) towards KiwiSaver....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/c4XRX
58 New Trade Training Centres - to boost vocational education

Media release: The Hon Peter Garrett AM, MP
November 04 2010
Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett today announced $219.6 million for 58 new Trade Training
Centres that will create vocational education pathways for students at 195 secondary schools....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/TLZiU
Currency crunch forces students into Oz rethink

The Hong Kong Standard
November 05 2010
The surging Australian dollar is pushing more and more Hong Kong and mainland students to look
elsewhere for their tertiary education.
And the number is set to grow even more, Australia's education minister, Chris Evans, admitted....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/XOASf
For sale: UNSW agrees to cash-for-names policy

November 05 2010
The University of NSW will openly pursue donations from corporations or individuals by offering them
the naming rights of its schools or faculties, its vice-chancellor says.
Professor Fred Hilmer said the university was taking a pioneering step in the Australian higher education
sector. He said the offer would be made only if the academic integrity and reputation....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/2ryBJ
UA Submission: Inquiry into Compulsory Student Fees as part of the Scrutiny of New Taxes
Universities Australia
October 29 2010
Dear Committee Secretary
Inquiry into Compulsory Student Fees as part of the Scrutiny of New Taxes
Universities Australia wishes to thank the Committee for the invitation to make this submission. Our
comments are limited to the $250 per year student fee associated with the Higher Education Legislation
Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2010....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/FTL8u
TEU Update
Scoop.co.nz
November 04 2010
1 in 7 NZers owes a student loan
http://goo.gl/DTCq0
Alarming fall in Chinese student numbers

November 03 2010
For the first time in more than 14 years, an Australian minister for tertiary education has gone to China
to try to head off a potentially disastrous collapse in the number of young Chinese studying in Australia.
Senator Chris Evans, a former immigration minister in the previous Labor government, headed....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Cnr3I

The Australian
November 03 2010
A DECISION on the contentious new Australian Qualifications Framework could be put off until next
year.
It had been expected that the AQF would come up for approval at the November....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Cjxg

The Australian
November 03 2010
HIGHER earnings do not translate into better standards.
THE politics of Australia's university sector have always been labyrinthine. They make a Balkan
succession struggle look like a....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/iqt33

The Australian
November 03 2010
THE modern Coalition shares Robert Menzies' great passion for the higher education sector.
IT is little remembered nowadays that Australia's modern university system is the creation of the Menzies
government. It was Robert Menzies who wholeheartedly embraced and led the parliament....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/xilvL

The Australian
November 03 2010
AUSTRALIA'S higher education is relatively equitable despite the comparatively high costs.
That is one of the findings of Global Higher Education Rankings 2010, the second report comparing
affordability and accessibility of higher education in 14 Organisation for Economic Co-operation....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Rm9uk

The Australian
November 03 2010
LEGISLATION that threatens Soviet-era style interference in university affairs is being hustled into
parliament without open debate.
This is according to Group of Eight executive director Mike Gallagher....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/p286i

The Australian
November 03 2010
UNIVERSITIES enrolling under-prepared students are a risk to quality in the new student-demand driven
system.
They will have to be monitored, Swinburne University vice-chancellor Ian Young has warned....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/F6IqD
Expert pans NAPLAN and website

November 01 2010
One of Australia's most respected educationalists has called for the axing of national literacy tests and
the My School website....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Ktwz
Taxpayers and students must pay more for unis

The Australian
November 02 2010
FAILURE to act will leave institutions underfunded and overwhelmed.
THE federal government has announced the terms of reference for its review of higher education base
funding, fulfilling a commitment made in response to the 2008 Bradley review of Australian higher
education....
Full article:
http://goo.gl/BrA7
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 Downturn Down Under

 Finding a voice for higher education

Downturn Down Under

Young leaders meet at Australian Youth-Led Convention

Establishment of the National VET Regulator

Government cuts $250 per student

Report shows Government on track to meet key education targets

Our universities - something wicked their way comes

Coalition vows to restore diploma concession fees

Chubb named ACT Australian of the Year

Mental illness running high among uni students

UCOL students quit national body

The Manawatu Standard, NZ

Too many skills for the job

Ditch Dawkins' reforms or be doomed to mediocrity

UNIVERSITIES should be able to specialise in either teaching or research or both.

Tertiary agency talks to resume

Regional universities urge Senate to pass bill

MP questions student amenities bill 'impost'

Another Rhodes scholarship for Otago

TAFE fees face $96m cut under Libs plan

Penguin plans Arabic books venture

SCU back compulsory student fees

The Northern Star

Uni student union asked to cut costs

VSM Will Cripple The VBC Radio Station

Mental distress hounds uni students: study

Stronger national framework for education qualifications

Newcastle Uni counts cost of losing compulsory student fees

Watchdog won’t bite you, Australia’s elite universities assured

Students should be in charge: Bandt

New framework for qualifications gets up

The beefed-up Australian Qualifications Framework would....

Voluntary student membership 'a mistake'

Unis evolve, but chemistry of teaching still captivates

Media Release: NTEU

Student President on Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic merge

Message from Lincoln University Student President

Bill delivers more money for higher education

Graduates reap salary rewards

WANT to earn a higher wage? Keep studying.

Government defers standards bill

House gives nod to student services bill

Bryan Gould: Still gaps in study standards despite success of NCEA0

Funding guidelines all smoke and mirrors

Chris Evans insists on a TEQSA with teeth

Lack of a tertiary policy draws ire

Broke postgraduate association heads for home

Standards must reflect our needs (Australian Qualifications Framework)

Strong support for student services and amenities fees

Establishment of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

Minister puts off contentious plans for new regulator

Glyn Davis' brave new 'Republic': 2010 Boyer Lectures

Time to prepare for the premier league

First Year in Higher Education Conference 2011 - call for submissions

The challenge of quality assurance

Failure is not an option with pass-for-cash scams

High Court says textbooks, fees qualify for refunds

Finding a voice for higher education

Diploma rort: 50 students rejected

NUS survey supports focus on quality

Downturn Down Under

Finding a voice for higher education

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