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ACUMA Incorporated: Higher education news, Australia & New Zealand - March 2010 Student associations fill key role Start-Up Scholarships to be delivered to students from tomorrow Universities want permanent residency for post-grads No accounting for culture in learning Locals shun doctorates for jobs Survey shows racism rampant Macquarie University May Use New Rating to Sell Bonds NZ: Making friends, creating jobs, building a nation Uni students call for rethink of loan scheme Massey seeking $100m in donations Joyce to announce 80 new councillors Compacts unlikely to drive real reform Voluntary levy 'will harm student life' Students get lost in the crowd Government intervenes to avert catastrophe Concentration on research and selectivity: Michael Gallagher Universities look into the future Interim agreements with universities released University targets disadvantaged students Quotas planned for uni students Government delivers on Youth Allowance Pay private uni providers: panel Curbs on shonky providers hailed Concentrate on high-end research Uni survey finds job focus is missing Disquiet about university's future Editorial: Quality education won't come cheaply Tertiary shake-up may backfire, say critics Late enrolment fee angers student No plans to cut courses - Steven Joyce Students back colleges crackdown Govt's message to students: perform or lose funding Issues: Baird Review into International Education; Youth Allowance; Paid Parental Leave Issues: Youth Allowance Baird review into International Students final report Higher education service goes global De-mystifying the university Fixing My University Universities lobby for a My Higher Ed site Labour supports students’ campaign to save services Overseas students celebrated Uni students face more papers to earn degree Press Release: Save Our Services Government to introduce ‘My University’ website Harmony Day, March 21st - Event funding available My University website 'a substitute for action' University students' demand for stress therapy explodes Gillard launches agency to protect overseas university students Address to the Universities Australia Annual Higher Education Conference After My School comes My University Bradley endorses My Uni website Ian King retires as Chief Executive of NUSSL Critic feature interview with Steven Joyce Australian University Sport Calendar ACUMA: Higher education news summaries for February 2010
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Student associations fill key role The Otago Daily Times March 29 2010 Norman Kingsbury argues that students' associations have proved invaluable in the past and should not be lost. There is yet another Bill before Parliament - this time from Sir Roger Douglas himself - which seeks to make membership of students associations entirely voluntary. Full article: http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/99441/student-associations-fill-key-role Start-Up Scholarships to be delivered to students from tomorrow Media Release: The Hon Julia Gillard MP March 31 2010 Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, said more than 150,000 students would start to receive new Federal Government scholarships from tomorrow to help families meet the cost of sending their children to university. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_100401_073458.aspx Universities want permanent residency for post-grads ABC News March 31 2010 Australia's top universities have called for a new visa to be established that would clear the way for post-graduate students to gain permanent residency. Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861238.htm?section=justin No accounting for culture in learning The Australian March 31 2010 UNIVERSITIES excel at enrolling international business students, but are they as good at educating them? For 20 years academics, albeit rarely on the record, have talked of classes of the clueless, of deans demanding fee-paying students be passed in subjects when they could not cope in class. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/business-education/no-accounting-for-culture-inlearning/story-e6frgcp6-1225847665046
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Locals shun doctorates for jobs The Australian March 31 2010 AUSTRALIA has become heavily dependent on overseas students to tackle PhDs in the hard sciences as locals choose well-paid industry jobs over insecure careers in research, according to a new analysis. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/locals-shun-doctorates-for-jobs/story-e6frgcjx1225847646514 Survey shows racism rampant The Australian March 31 2010 RACISM is experienced by overseas students in parts of Sydney and Melbourne but is unrelated to their student visa status, a Universities Australia forum will hear today. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/survey-shows-racism-rampant/story-e6frgcjx1225847654617 Macquarie University May Use New Rating to Sell Bonds Bloomberg via BusinessWeek March 29 2010 Macquarie May Sell Guaranteed Debt, RBS Says Full article: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-28/macquarie-university-may-sell-bonds-moody-s-saysupdate1-.html NZ: Making friends, creating jobs, building a nation University World News (Mike Moore) March 28 2010 Education as a service industry with paying students is now around New Zealand's sixth biggest earner of overseas funds. A great export winner. Some years ago I was in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and met with the NZ/Malaysian Accountants society. One good friend of NZ explained how he came to undertake free education in NZ under the Colombo plan. He was successful, so why couldn't he send the most precious thing in his life, his daughter, to NZ to learn? Full article: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100326112904362
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Uni students call for rethink of loan scheme 3News.co.nz March 27 2010 University students are calling for the Government to rethink plans for a performance-based student loan scheme. Under the proposed regime, outlined by new Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce, students who fail to meet required standards will be ineligible for a student loan. Full article: http://www.3news.co.nz/Uni-students-call-for-rethink-of-loanscheme/tabid/419/articleID/148455/Default.aspx Massey seeking $100m in donations Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand March 26 2010 Massey University last night launched a registered charity to raise $100 million in private and corporate donations. Full article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/3508965/Massey-seeking-100m-in-donations Joyce to announce 80 new councillors 3News.co.nz via TEU.ac.nz March 25 2010 Minister of tertiary education, Steven Joyce, is preparing to name four new councillors, including the chairs and deputy-chairs, to each of New Zealand’s twenty institutes of technology and polytechnics. These ministerial appointees will assume an effective majority on each of the twenty councils, which will all be reduced to eight members each from 1 May. Full article: http://www.teu.ac.nz/?p=5881 Compacts unlikely to drive real reform The Australian March 24 2010 COMPACTS risk being irrelevant unless they are tied to serious money so that the university sector has a real incentive to diversify. RMIT University's higher education policy expert Gavin Moodie warned that compacts - agreements negotiated between individual universities and the federal government - are likely to be swamped by the market-driven funding arrangements in which most money is linked to deregulated student numbers and performance measures. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/compacts-unlikely-to-drive-real-reform/storye6frgcjx-1225844475907 Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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Voluntary levy 'will harm student life' Manawatu Standard via Stuff.co.nz March 23 2010 Students will be silenced and vital services cut if the student association levy becomes voluntary, the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA) says. Full article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/3491972/Voluntary-levy-will-harm-student-life Students get lost in the crowd The Age March 22 2010 CHRONIC overcrowding in university classes is causing a rise in student resentment and threatens to weaken the Rudd government's education goals, according to a federal budget submission. Universities Australia says the nation's average student-to-staff ratio has soared to one of the highest among industrialised countries, with almost 22 students for every tutor. Full article: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/students-get-lost-in-the-crowd-20100319-qkcl.html Government intervenes to avert catastrophe University World News March 21 2010 As the world recession hit the Antipodes during 2008, Australian universities began to see the beginning of a catastrophic decline in their investments and endowments. By the year's end, already cash-strapped institutions faced a calamitous A$800 million loss (US$570 million at the time), more than twice an earlier forecast. Government intervention, however, prevented a catastrophe occurring. Full article: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2010031909461332 Concentration on research and selectivity: Michael Gallagher University World News March 21 2010 Around the world, there is a growing concentration of investment in world-class universities and centres of research excellence, including China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Spain and Vietnam. Why are they doing this? And why aren't we, in Australia? In 1986, the British government initiated a series of systematic appraisals of the quality of research performed in UK universities. Through the Research Assessment Exercise, they used 'selectivity' incrementally to achieve 'concentration'. Full article: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100319092530408
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Universities look into the future BBC - United Kingdom March 20 2010 The current funding crisis will transform Britain's universities by 2020. University campuses will be unrecognisable. Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8577272.stm Interim agreements with universities released Joint Media Release: The Hon Julia Gillard MP & Senator The Hon Kim Carr MP March 19 2010 The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, and the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, announced the publication of interim agreements between the Australian Government and universities. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_100319_141839.aspx University targets disadvantaged students ABC News March 19 2010 The University of Sydney says not enough disadvantaged and regional students are getting the opportunity to enrol in university courses. With less than 10 per cent of its students coming from lower socio-economic backgrounds, the university wants to boost the intake. Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/19/2850961.htm?section=justin Quotas planned for uni students The Sydney Morning Herald March 19 2010 THE importance of HSC results will be downgraded at one of Australia's most prestigious universities under plans to recruit undergraduates for their leadership qualities and general academic aptitude. Full article: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/quotas-planned-for-uni-students-20100318-qiff.html Government delivers on Youth Allowance Media Release: The Hon Julia Gillard MP March 16 2010
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The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today welcomed the agreement of the Opposition to secure the passage of the Youth Allowance bill in the Senate which will see more than 150 000 students across Australia start to receive new scholarships from April 1. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_100316_175824.aspx Pay private uni providers: panel The Australian March 18 2010 COMMONWEALTH funding for university places should be extended to private providers to encourage wider participation in higher education, a Victorian government panel has recommended. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/pay-private-uni-providers-panel/story-e6frg6n61225842056133 Curbs on shonky providers hailed The Australian March 17 2010 BAIRD review proposals to tighten regulation of the overseas student industry have been welcomed but questions remain over enforcement. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/curbs-on-shonky-providers-hailed/story-e6frgcjx1225841566709 Concentrate on high-end research The Australian March 17 2010 SELECTIVITY (supporting the best wherever it is found) and concentration (targeted funding to strengthen capability at internationally competitive standards) were cited in 1988 by the Australian government as the dual principles to guide the funding of higher education research in Australia. The course of policy development has been driven by selectivity alone. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion-analysis/concentrate-on-high-endresearch/story-e6frgcko-1225841552758 Uni survey finds job focus is missing The Age March 15 2010 MORE than half of Australia's university students have never talked about their career plans with their teachers, according to a study that could change the way university courses are taught.
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The findings of the Australian Survey of Student Engagement reveal that many undergraduates feel ill equipped to enter the workforce. Full article: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/uni-survey-finds-job-focus-is-missing-20100314q5x9.html Disquiet about university's future The Otago Daily Times March 13 2010 An ageing workforce coupled with overseas universities' poaching staff and students is placing pressure on the University of Otago, and the growing disparity over tertiary funding is the primary cause. Full article: http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/university-otago/97404/disquiet-about-university039s-future Editorial: Quality education won't come cheaply The Dominion Post - New Zealand March 12 2010 OPINION: The University Students Association is to be applauded for its egalitarian instincts. They accord with the New Zealand ethos. Full article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/editorials/3437761/Editorial-Quality-education-won-tcome-cheaply Tertiary shake-up may backfire, say critics The New Zealand Herald March 10 2010 Universities and polytechs will have funding cuts if their students don't pass their courses, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said yesterday. Full article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10631024&pnum=0 Late enrolment fee angers student The Dominion Post via Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand March 10 2010 In a bid to reduce enrolments, Victoria University is charging late enrollers a new $120 fee many students did not know existed. Full article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3427286/Late-enrolment-fee-angers-student
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No plans to cut courses - Steven Joyce The Otago Daily Times March 10 2010 A review of New Zealand's 6000 qualifications is likely to see courses change to fit a national qualification but there are no plans to slash the number on offer, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says. Full article: http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/university-otago/96912/no-plans-cut-courses-joyce Students back colleges crackdown ABC News March 10 2010 Canberra university students are urging the Federal Government to act quickly on the recommendations of the Baird report on international students. Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841456.htm Govt's message to students: perform or lose funding 3News.co.nz - New Zealand March 09 2010 The Government is to stop funding university students who fail and will no longer give them interest-free loans. Universities have been warned they face the same medicine; they too must perform or lose funding. Full article: http://www.3news.co.nz/Govts-message-to-students-perform-or-lose-funding/tabid/419/articleID/145497/Default.aspx ISSUES: Baird Review into International Education; Youth Allowance; Paid Parental Leave Joint Press Conference: The Hon Julia Gillard MP with Bruce Baird March 09 2010 BRUCE BAIRD: A number of you have been following this issue for some time, and it’s clear after looking at international education for some six months and speaking to ranges of groups around Australia – I’ve been round Australia several times talking to groups, both students and education providers – that there are a significant number of problems that relate to international education. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Transcripts/Pages/Article_100309_170351.aspx
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Issues: Youth Allowance Interview transcript: The Hon Julia Gillard MP and Christopher Pyne March 09 2010 LEON BYNER: There’s a backlash coming from the bush about delays in passing the Government’s changes to the Youth Allowance scheme for university students. The intention of this scheme is to help students who need financial assistance to go to uni. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Transcripts/Pages/Article_100309_162824.aspx Baird review into International Students final report Media release: The Hon Julia Gillard MP March 09 2010 The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today welcomed the release of the Baird review final report into the legislation that governs international education in Australia. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_100309_131013.aspx Higher education service goes global University World News March 07 2010 An Australian service helping students prepare for joining higher education is expanding worldwide. Western Australia-based Navitas says launches in the US this year are the shape of things to come. Full article: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100305110825597 De-mystifying the university University World News March 07 2010 Following on from the positive response of the Australian public to the federal government's My School web site, the My University web site was inevitable. Parents are delighted with the accessibility of the information, the simplicity of the data and the ease with which comparisons can be made through the My School site. Full article: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100305110623284 Fixing My University The Sydney Morning Herald March 08 2010 THE federal government's heady vision for Australian universities is bigger and better - much bigger and better. There is good reason to aim high. On all fronts, Australia's higher education system is facing serious challenges to its international competitiveness, with implications not only for the lucrative overseas Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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student market but for national innovation and productivity - the cornerstones of success in modern economies. Since the mid-1990s staff-to-student ratios have risen from 1:13 to more than 1:20, 30 per cent fewer graduates are going on to complete higher degrees and research funding has fallen. Full article: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/fixing-my-university-20100307-pqfr.html Universities lobby for a My Higher Ed site The Australian March 04 2010 UNIVERSITY vice-chancellors want the government's planned My University website to be extended to private and non-university providers offering degree courses to ensure equal scrutiny and allow students to make informed choices. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/universities-lobby-for-a-my-higher-ed-site/storye6frg6nf-1225836719698 Labour supports students’ campaign to save services Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party March 04 2010 The Labour Party is right behind the New Zealand Students’ Association campaign to save their services, says Labour Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street today. Full article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00075.htm Overseas students celebrated The Brisbane Times March 04 2010 Genre: Public event Location: Reddacliffe Place, uppper Queen Street, Brisbane City Date: March 6 from 10 am Full article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/your-brisbane/overseas-students-celebrated20100304-pk5h.html Uni students face more papers to earn degree Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand March 05 2010 Students will be forced to take more papers each semester following changes at some New Zealand universities. Students claim the changes to the amount of points each degree paper is worth will lead to bigger workloads. However, university representatives disagree. Full article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/3406786/Uni-students-face-more-papers-to-earn-degree
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Press Release: Save Our Services Campaign to stop Douglas’ student union bill March 04 2010 Campaign launched to stop Roger Douglas’ attack on student services A broad coalition of community, student and union groups launched a campaign today to save student services from ACT MP Roger Douglas’s bill. Full article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1003/S00025.htm Government to introduce ‘My University’ website Media Release: The Hon Julia Gillard MP March 03 2010 Speaking at the Universities Australia Higher Education Conference this morning, Ms Gillard said that following on from the success of the My School website, which publishes rich achievement information about each of Australia’s schools, it is now time for the Government to implement a similar tool at the university level. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_100303_153420.aspx Harmony Day, March 21st - Event funding available March 04 2010 - Grant Finder - Community Grants - Emerging Issues Funding http://www.harmony.gov.au/funding/ My University website 'a substitute for action' ABC News March 03 2010 The Federal Opposition has attacked the Government's plan to expand the controversial My School website to cover universities. Education Minister Julia Gillard has outlined plans to publish information about the courses, campus facilities and teaching standards of all tertiary institutions online and she wants the My University site up and running by 2012. Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/03/2835733.htm?section=justin
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University students' demand for stress therapy explodes AdelaideNow via The Herald Sun March 04 2010 PRESSURE on students has risen so significantly that many seek psychological help to cope with "perfectionism syndrome". Full article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/university-students-demand-for-stress-therapyexplodes/story-e6frf7l6-1225836768082 Gillard launches agency to protect overseas university students The Australian March 03 2010 JULIA Gillard has conceded there are "legitimate concerns" about the quality of education and safety for fee-paying overseas students and unveiled a new agency to lift standards. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/gillard-launches-agency-to-protect-overseasuniversity-students/story-e6frgcjx-1225836488368 Address to the Universities Australia Annual Higher Education Conference Speech: The Hon Julia Gillard MP March 03 2010 It’s great to be back at this important higher education policy forum. Last year at this forum I announced the Rudd Government’s initial response to the Bradley Review. Today I want to report on far we have come since then. In last year’s Budget I, and my colleague Kim Carr, announced a substantial series of reforms backed by $5.4 billion in new funding for higher education and research. Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Speeches/Pages/Article_100303_102842.aspx After My School comes My University The Australian March 03 2010 THE vaunted reputations of our sandstone universities will face greater scrutiny under Julia Gillard's plans to set up a My University website to mirror her My School site launched in January. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/after-my-school-comes-my-university/storye6frgcjx-1225836275192
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Bradley endorses My Uni website The Australian March 03 2010 DENISE Bradley has backed federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's plans for a My University website, arguing it is in line with the new "student demand-driven" system being rolled out. There are concerns that complex information on a university's performance, such as the varied academic background of commencing students, could be taken out of context and lead to simplistic judgments. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/bradley-endorses-my-uni-website/story-e6frgcjx1225836253527 Ian King retires as Chief Executive of NUSSL Ian has been and will continue to be a major force in Student Unions in the UK. In addition he was an executive member of ACUI (USA) in the mid 1990s and has visited Australia on many occasions, his latest visit being in 2006. ACUMA congratulates Ian on his long and successful career with NUSSL, and thanks him for his contribution to our industry worldwide. We wish him well in his retirement. http://www.nussl.co.uk Critic feature interview with Steven Joyce Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand March 02 2010 A new Minister, but will students ReJoyce? A self-made millionaire and the key architect behind National’s rise to power has been named the Government’s top man for the tertiary sector. In his first interview with student media since taking over from Anne Tolley earlier this year, Steven Joyce talks to Critic’s Caitlyn O’Fallon about his road to politics and his plans for, well, all of us. Full article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00016.htm Australian University Sport Calendar - Australian and International events http://www.unisport.com.au/calendar.asp
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