Specialisation lacks funds: Democrats
A LACK of government funding is a significant factor in the absence of any world-class specialist universities in Australia, the Australian Democrats have said.
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Our universities fail specialist test
AUSTRALIA does not have one world-class “specialist” university, according to a report on the nation’s tertiary institutions.
ANU tops field in new index
THE Australian National University’s strength in science and humanities has edged it ahead of the University of Melbourne.
Tertiary compo inquiry launched
EVERY university and TAFE college in Victoria will be investigated by workplace safety inspectors in a bid to reduce the number of stress and injury claims made by academic staff.
Wanted: 123,000 land staff
AUSTRALIA faces a skills shortage of 123,000 land managers and agricultural scientists in the next six years as climate change takes its toll and farmers have to get more environmentally friendly.
Students fail to cope with hard knocks
ONE-THIRD of Australian students are stressed and struggling to cope with the pressures of school, the menace of bullying and of having to live up to parental expectations.
Web to sideline role of agents
TODAY’S students may become tomorrow’s university recruiting agents on the social web.
Uni bid to black-list GPs over sick notes
ACADEMICS at RMIT University have called for doctors to be “black-listed” if they give out too many medical certificates to students for essay extensions and exam delays.
Howard backs links to TAFE
JOHN Howard has opened a new front in the education debate by coming out in favour of closer links between universities and TAFE.
Hobson’s choice leads to passion
LISA Pekez was not even remotely interested in information technology when studying during her final years at school.
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