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Australia: Cuts send a poor message to Asia
Share By Brian Stoddart There is predictable and justified pushback from the Australian university sector concerning the $900 million eliminated from the higher education forward estimates to support the necessary investment in the basic education system. Beyond the immediate operational ... Read More »
Students plan protests as universities lament cuts
Share Benjamin Preiss The quality of university education will be the worst casualty of tertiary funding cuts, a leading education analyst says. Grattan Institute higher education program director Andrew Norton said previous federal government cuts to universities were usually accompanied ... Read More »
Quality of education compromised as universities have lowered the bar for entry
Share By Julie Hare and John Ross Regional universities made an offer to almost every person who applied this year, while the proportion of school-leavers who gained a place with a university entrance score under 50 has more than doubled ... Read More »
Australia: Unis’ new streamlined visa hurdle
Share Their students may receive preferential visa treatment compared to other educational institutions, but universities have been hit with an extra hurdle in a streamlined visa scheme for exporters. Under rules introduced in mid November, universities’ international staff can no ... Read More »
Australia: La Trobe University unveils five-year plan
Share La Trobe University Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Dewar has unveiled a five-year plan aimed at boosting student numbers and rejuvenating the university to become one of the top 12 universities in Australia and top 300 internationally. Under the Future Ready ... Read More »
High Performance Computing transforms research
Share New super-fast high-performance computing (HPC) being installed by RMIT University, La Trobe University, and the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC Ltd) will revolutionise the computational modelling and simulation technologies available to researchers, and their ultimate understanding of a ... Read More »
Australia’s unis seek to make name for themselves
Share Joanna Mather Universities plan to use top-level domain names to build their global brands and could give students email addresses they can keep for life, after they stumped up a combined total of more than $1 million to bid for ... Read More »
2013 La Trobe Excellence Scholarships for International Students
Share La Trobe’s Academic Excellence Scholarships (AES) are targeted towards high achieving international students from all countries across all of La Trobe’s undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs. Host Institution: La Trobe University, Australia, Course starts September 2013 Fields of study: ... Read More »
2013 International Student Scholarships at La Trobe University, Australia
Share Health Sciences Faculty offers International Students who are Studying in their First Year of Study at La Trobe University, Australia 2013 About Scholarship: These scholarships are aimed at supporting a high-achieving, financially disadvantaged, international student from the Health Sciences Faculty, ... Read More »
La Trobe University appoints Professor Keith Nugent as Deputy VC (Research)
Share La Trobe University, a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia has appointed Professor Keith Nugent, as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research). Prof. Nugent is a leading physicist and currently directing one of the most important items of scientific ... Read More »
