CampusReview · 'An insidious choice': Professor Joy Damousi speaks about proposed changes to uni fees - Podcast Education minister Dan Tehan's recent announcement about changing the course fee structure across Australian universities has been met with a range of views. ...
More »‘This should alarm all Australians’: The Australian Academy of the Humanities and DASSH outline the new funding flaws
Deep concerns were raised last week by the Australian Academy of the Humanities regarding the government’s proposed changes to university course fees, which will privilege a range of in-demand subjects (including nursing and teaching) and discourage students from embarking on ...
More »Independent Tertiary Education sector calls for JobKeeper extension
Australia’s peak body for the independent tertiary education sector is urging the government to retain the JobKeeper initiative, saying it has played a critical role in securing the sector. The Independent Tertiary Council of Australia (ITECA) said the initiative has ...
More »Pre-service teachers and graduates could help deliver $1bn tutoring plan to disadvantaged students: Grattan report
One of Australia’s premier public policy think tanks has recommended a $1 billion tutoring grant to help disadvantaged students whose learning has been set back by the COVID-19 school closures. The Grattan Institute has written a report outlining the need ...
More »Monash expert finds play-based learning encourages girls into STEM
A new study has found that girls as young as four can both overcome educational disadvantage and feel empowered to participate in STEM-based activities through emphasising play-based learning. Researchers at Monash University found that girls’ “thoughts and actions are endorsed ...
More »JobKeeper great but needs an extension: ITECA
The peak body for independent education providers is calling for a limited extension to the JobKeeper scheme. The Independent Education Council Australia (ITECA) says extending the scheme beyond September “is particularly relevant to the English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas ...
More »Learning expert offers tips on maximising the online learning experience: Podcast
The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed a mass migration to online learning, with some Australian universities being more experienced at it than others. Campus Review spoke to Associate Professor Petrea Redmond of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), and a member ...
More »Ramsay Foundation pledges more than $5m to fight youth disadvantage in Melbourne’s west
The Mitchell Institute at Victoria University will receive a $5.5 million grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation to begin a community research program to improve the health and educational opportunities of young people and children in Brimbank, Melbourne. The grant ...
More »The magnitude of COVID-19 on higher education: Opinion
The novel coronavirus outbreak has created chaos in all aspects of our conventional life. Though this is primarily a health crisis, it has severely affected all forms of businesses worldwide. Unemployment rates have been rising steeply, and it has created ...
More »New short courses to reskill the nation and ‘drive innovation’ after coronavirus
The creation of 58 short online courses has been welcomed by the Independent Tertiary Council of Australia (ITECA), the peak body for independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector. The new undergraduate certificate courses (spanning ...
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