Higher Education and University News Summary: October 2010

ACUMA Inc.
: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand
Higher education news summary • October 2010
Higher education news summary for October 2010
The dumb blonde of international education

Peter Shergold, the people's professor
Blind student pays extra
Student loans - the debt mountain
Student accommodation to feature in Footscray development
It's silly to say no to the doctor
Why graduates lean to the Left
Evans on student rescue mission to Beijing
Putting at-risk students on the map
Still lost in the indigenous gap
To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks
Vice-Chancellor visits Iraq for talks on education
Bid to lift choice for uni students
Cash control would ensure unis' survival
Call for New Direction for Volunteer Peak Bodies
Volunteering Now Centre of Gillard Policy Agenda
New fight erupts over Youth Allowance
Uni Sport Vital to Participation Right up to Gold
Uni fee rise is still on review's agenda
Robson retires from UWA after 17 years
Vocational training needs a rethink
'Bolshie' quest for a campus
Sandstones call for serious overhaul in research policy
Funding squeeze will hurt
Go8: their own fault
TAFE students face steeper charges
Expert panel for higher education base funding review
University compacts to reward high performance
Funding advice by next October
Uni group unhappy with new standards
Government rules out full fee undergraduate places
Students should not fear being out and proud
Abolish archaic system at uni, says top academic
In the market for a better plan
Mix and match our higher education for 21st century
Blow for students' NZ body
Gov't won't bring back full fee places
Top unis may lock out local students
Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more
Top unis warn on loss of quality
Universities facing crisis of confidence
Squaring up for masters title fight at University of Melbourne
Career change in sight for TAFE
Taskforce announced for Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund
University And Students Unite In Opposition To VSM Bill
Campus thirst for coffee helps one extra student attend uni next year
Free $10 go cards help students get to uni
Labor to defy churches: ethics classes likely to start next year
Bradley reforms go ahead
Students see 'lifetime of debt' after fees rise
Vice-chancellors out of their depth in politics
High university drop-out rates cost $1.4bn
Shrill response to falling numbers
Education told to follow tourism lead
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Will Student Opportunities Be History?

NZ Universities win more funding
Universities face funding crisis
We simply can't give everyone a great education
Call to tackle foreign student drop
Cutting it at the chalk face
University students face delay for results
VU event management degree best in Australia
Pain in store for top universities
Press Release: Universities Boost Economic Performance
Steven Joyce: Govt shifts $55 million into more student places
UQ students strengthen relations with Chinese youth
Hundreds more students likely for Massey
Malaysia To Host Conference For Developing Sport Management
Universities welcome additional funding for more student places
Collaboration drives electric car research
Compulsory fees OK if students get good value for money
Metaphors reveal international differences in how students and societies regard teachers
In thrall purely to sciences
Disadvantaged mentored for higher things
Australia's image takes a battering
ELS plans language centres on campus
Managers in the firing line
Global exercise in futility
Govt Shifts $55 Million Into More Student Places
The big challenges for higher education
A note on absent students
Small classes 'a must' for unis
Run universities like supermarkets: consultant
Never mind quality, as universities expand
Retailers lose appeal over three-hour minimum shift requirement for students
University of New England alliances prepare it for the future
Editorial: Student bodies must adapt to law change
Gordon TAFE may lose out on millions in funding
US university buys $28m dairy farm
Outgoing Vice Chancellor says diversity of Australian universities at risk
University understaffing 'ridiculous'
Student slide may defer University of South Australia plans
Overseas students value our degrees
New uni deal for poorer students to start in bush
Sydney Uni in deal to take disadvantaged students
Push for charter of rights
Vice-chancellors move to cultivate cardinal virtues in students
Budget cuts threaten University of Western Australia staff
Country kids set sights on city campuses
The new couple on campus: Student loan and debit card
Student leaders outline what is wrong with Act's bid to make association membership voluntary
University shares concerns of students speaking out against decision
What will happen to standards?
Fulbright Scholarships: Study in the US
Officials endorse student fee
Failing to keep up with the neighbours
Changing standards
Voluntary student unionism
The Coalition against compulsory student fees
Why universities are against VSM
Higher Education Legislation Amendment Student Services and Amenities Bill 2010
ABN: 56 168 491 622 2
Former US Consul General to join Murdoch University

Ian Young appointed Vice-Chancellor of ANU
Government funding fails to keep pace with university costs
Massey finances on the rebound
Critic Magazine Wins Student Media Awards
Fees will restore vital student services
Lincoln University slams voluntary student union bill
University of Otago revealed to be a top earner
The dumb blonde of international education

Fred Hilmer in The Australian
October 31 2010
THE new International Students Strategy for Australia released on Friday included much sensible
sentiment.
But unfortunately it failed to address the crucial challenge to re-brand Australia as a premium education
destination….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/HNsQ
Peter Shergold, the people's professor

The Sydney Morning Herald
November 01 2010
Peter Shergold's vision for the University of Western Sydney is to boost equality and access for all,
writes Heath Gilmore.
He was the most powerful public servant in the land. Next year Professor Peter Shergold will become
the leader of one of the most strategically important universities in….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/OSfY
Blind student pays extra

Stuff.co.nz
November 01 2010
A blind Canterbury University student is upset that she has to buy expensive textbooks others can
borrow free.
Virginia Boyle, 44, said it was "very unfair and unethical" that she had to buy books for her social-work
course before the university's alternative format centre could reformat….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/PFEH
Student loans - the debt mountain

The New Zealand Herald
November 01 2010
ABN: 56 168 491 622 3
Nearly 900,000 people have taken student loans since the scheme started, and more than two-thirds
have not fully repaid the money back.
A Ministry of Education report says only $6.4 billion of the $13.9 billion borrowed since students started
getting loans in 1992 has been….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/1914
Student accommodation to feature in Footscray development

Victoria University Media
October 26 2010
Victoria University (VU) has welcomed the provision of 250 student beds in the McNab Avenue
development announced by Planning Minister Justin Madden….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/xDcB
It's silly to say no to the doctor

The Australian
October 27 2010
AN AQF that prescribes the nomenclature of degrees would be a step in the wrong direction.
THE move of the Australian Qualifications Framework from descriptive to prescriptive is a mistake. If
adopted, an AQF that tells Australian universities what they can do will damage our capacity to engage
in an international higher education sector….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Unmq
Why graduates lean to the Left

The Australian
October 30 2010
A CORRELATION between degrees and voting Green reflects poorly on our faculties.
SOME have attributed the increasing levels of support for the Greens to centrist policies adopted by the
Labor Party on climate change, refugees and gay marriage that offend its….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/3vG9
Evans on student rescue mission to Beijing

The Australian
October 30 2010
THE new overseas student strategy that Education Minister Chris Evans will sell in China next week is
silent on tough new visa rules….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/MeLM
ABN: 56 168 491 622 4
Putting at-risk students on the map

The Age
November 01 2010
TEACHERS at one of Melbourne's most disadvantaged schools have been trialling new computer
software to ensure their students from more than 50 different ethnic backgrounds reach….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/1Lzc
Still lost in the indigenous gap

The Age
October 29 2010
THE statistics are troubling. A third of indigenous 15-year-olds in remote areas of Australia don't go to
school. In the nation's major cities, almost a quarter of Aboriginal 15-year-olds are not at school.
For many teachers and parents who have wrestled with the problem of indigenous truancy for….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/wBRe
To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks

The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 24 2010
You've heard it before: Digital technologies blew up the music industry's moneymaking model, and the
textbook business is….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/VAqX
Vice-Chancellor visits Iraq for talks on education

Charles Darwin University news
October 29 2010
Charles Darwin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover visited Iraq this week to establish
education links in the northern region of Kurdistan….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/uXZT
Bid to lift choice for uni students

The Australian
October 29 2010
VICTORIA yesterday called for more student choice and new private providers in university education.
The Brumby government is urging the Gillard government to extend commonwealth undergraduate
funding to TAFEs and other approved….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/WA2S
ABN: 56 168 491 622 5
Cash control would ensure unis' survival

The Australian
October 29 2010
THE failure to allow universities to set their student fees will have serious consequences.
MAX Corden has a great term for the regulation of higher education in Australia: "Moscow on the
Molonglo" (the Molonglo is the river that flows through Canberra). For many years, the central planners
in Canberra have imposed all sorts….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/raqk
Call for New Direction for Volunteer Peak Bodies

ProBonoAustralia.com.au
October 28 2010
The focus of peak volunteering bodies needs to move away from brokerage and towards information
sharing and capacity building, according to a European expert.
Speaking at the Volunteering Australia National Conference, CEO of Volunteering Ireland Elaine
Bradley says that these organisations need to move away from ideas of ownership of volunteering….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Rvfh
Volunteering Now Centre of Gillard Policy Agenda

ProBonoAustralia.com.au
October 27 2010
Volunteerism has been placed at the centre of the Gillard Government's policy agenda and elevated to
the office of the Prime Minister, the National Volunteering Conference in Melbourne has been told.
Senator Ursula Stephens opened the 13th National Volunteering Australia conference saying
volunteering has now been placed within the social policy framework….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/QjT5
New fight erupts over Youth Allowance

October 28 2010
Labor is facing a fresh fight over income support for regional students after it lost a vote on the floor of
the lower house at the same time as opposition legislation was being introduced in the Senate.
The government and coalition agreed in March that remote students would be able to qualify for….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/bIcq
Uni Sport Vital to Participation Right up to Gold
ABN: 56 168 491 622 6
Scoop, New Zealand

October 26 2010
University Sport Vital to Participation Right up to Gold
A breeding ground for many Kiwi sports champions on and off the field will be put under threat due to
legislation being voted on this week.
MPs will be voting this week on the second reading of the Act Party’s Education (Freedom of Association)
Amendment Bill. The Bill, if passed, would lead to major cuts in student services, representation, clubs,
and sports at universities. Similar legislation in Australia led to major reductions in students’ participation
in social and competitive sports on campuses….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/x8bG
Uni fee rise is still on review's agenda

October 28 2010
The woman who is leading a review of university funding has not ruled out asking students to pay more
for their education.
Jane Lomax-Smith, a former South Australian education minister and the mayor of Adelaide, was….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/lUIP
Robson retires from UWA after 17 years

Perth Now
October 27 2010
THE University of Western Australia is on the hunt for a new chief with Alan Robson announcing his
retirement today after 17 years of service.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Robson today announced his retirement from the position at the end….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/9R9k
Vocational training needs a rethink

The Australian
October 27 2010
THE vast vocational education system is ripe for an extensive overhaul.
This is necessary if it is to make a better contribution to improving the skills base of the population and
increase productivity and innovation in the workplace….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/j3ir
'Bolshie' quest for a campus

The Australian
ABN: 56 168 491 622 7
October 27 2010
ROB Oakeshott believes proximity would increase university participation in his regional electorate.
INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott used to complain his NSW electorate of Lyne was not so well known.
Mid-north coast is a….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/CTIz
Sandstones call for serious overhaul in research policy

The Australian
October 27 2010
RESEARCH policy for higher education needs a "major overhaul", according to the Group of Eight
universities.
The Go8 has also urged an upgrading of its Excellence in Research for Australia initiative….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/vQdT
Funding squeeze will hurt

The Australian
October 27 2010
THE design of Labor's student demand-driven system was likely to divide Australian universities into a
binary system.
The divide would be between elite, postgraduate-centric institutions and large undergraduate….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Eqw3
Go8: their own fault

The Australian
October 27 2010
THE leaders of the Group of Eight universities are worried that loss of income from foreign students will
force them to make big budget cuts, while the president of the academics' union, Jeannie Rea,
admonishes them for over-reliance on money from international students….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/rGNn
TAFE students face steeper charges

The Australian
October 27 2010
TAFE students paid almost $300 million in fees last year, and further dramatic fee rises are expected.
Student fees and charges rose more than $15m in Victoria and Queensland, and $6m in NSW in the
four years to 2009, National Centre for Vocational Education….
ABN: 56 168 491 622 8
Full article:
http://goo.gl/H1n8
Expert panel for higher education base funding review

Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans
October 26 2010
The Australian Government has appointed an expert panel to conduct a review into higher education
base funding, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans announced today.
“This important review implements a recommendation of the Bradley Review of Australian Higher
Education, to establish the principles for public investment in Australian higher education and…."
Full article:
http://goo.gl/bl7s
University compacts to reward high performance

Joint media release: Senator The Hon Christopher Evans, Senator The Hon Kim Carr
October 26 2010
Australian universities will have access to up to $550 million in additional funding under new mission-
based compacts released for comment today by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans
and the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Trzk
Funding advice by next October

The Australian
October 27 2010
TERTIARY Education Minister Chris Evans yesterday set an October 2011 reporting date for the crucial
review of base university funding.
This comes amid fresh controversy over whether student HECS fees will have to rise.
The review, which will be led by former South Australian state Labor education minister….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/UZeH
Uni group unhappy with new standards

The Age
October 27 2010
AUSTRALIA'S leading research universities have attacked the federal government's approach to higher
education standards, saying it will "stifle diversity, erode quality and reduce the flexibility necessary to
respond to unexpected needs and…."
Full article:
http://goo.gl/TeYO
ABN: 56 168 491 622 9
Government rules out full fee undergraduate places

Media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans
October 25 2010
The Gillard Government has ruled out the reintroduction of full fee paying undergraduate places for
Australian students at public universities.
Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, said Australian undergraduate students should….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/lFQ9
Students should not fear being out and proud

October 26 2010
Programs directed at encouraging sexual or gender diversity have the potential to be lifesaving.
"That's so gay." When it comes to derisory statements, this one, in particular, circulates….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/faLZ
Abolish archaic system at uni, says top academic

Adelaide Now
October 26 2010
UNIVERSITY written exams are archaic and should be scrapped, a leading science expert says.
University of Adelaide executive dean, faculty of sciences Professor Bob Hill says mid and final-year
written exams should be abolished in the sciences and be reviewed in….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/T8pr
In the market for a better plan

The Age
October 26 2010
JIN Hooi Tan, Zoe Parkin and Georgia Egan-Griffiths don't know it yet, but the Gillard government has
assigned them the task of deciding how federal funding will be divvied up among the nation's
universities. That they remain unaware is probably for the better – the last thing the three University
High School students need….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/ygby
Mix and match our higher education for 21st century

The Australian
October 26 2010
TWO decades after the Dawkins reforms, our universities are at the crossroads, with decisions taken
now determining the nature of Australian higher education into the middle of the century and….
ABN: 56 168 491 622 10
Full article:
http://goo.gl/EchT
Blow for students' NZ body

The Otago Daily Times
October 26 2010
The Otago University Students Association executive has voted to seek downgraded "associate
membership" of the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA), in a move which could badly
damage the national student body….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/AqIO
Gov't won't bring back full fee places

October 25 2010
The federal government is refusing to bring back full fee paying university places for local students.
Labor vowed to abolish the places ahead of the 2007….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/dklS
Top unis may lock out local students

The Australian
October 26 2010
SCHOOL leavers could find it harder to get into the top universities after the government opens up the
sector to all comers who qualify.
A report from Access Economics has found the uncapping of places for undergraduate study….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/BBHD
Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more

Sunday Star Times, New Zealand
October 24 2010
THE heads of the country's eight universities got pay rises of more than $200,000 between them, while
raising student fees and complaining about under-funding.
And new figures reveal that an extra 1500 staff in the tertiary sector crossed the $100,000
threshold….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/ODs4
Top unis warn on loss of quality

The Australian
October 25 2010
ABN: 56 168 491 622 11
THE academic integrity and international competitiveness of Australia's universities faces being seriously
compromised.
This would occur if the Gillard government goes ahead with plan to approve thousands of additional
student places without a corresponding boost to the….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/DhTQ
Universities facing crisis of confidence

The Australian
October 23 2010
Cash-strapped and understaffed -- but they were overlooked when Labor's stimulus billions went out
THE university system is under severe stress on four fronts. Student-staff ratios are blowing out, export
income is evaporating, access to research grants is at demoralisation levels and universities are
struggling to replace an ageing academic….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/V88q
Squaring up for masters title fight at University of Melbourne

The Australian
October 20 2010
THE University of Melbourne has been accused of defying national protocols by badging masters-level
courses with doctoral titles.
"It's perfectly clear that this idea of being able to call a masters qualification a 'doctor of ' is not
permissible under the existing protocols," said former education minister John Dawkins, who chairs….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/B4PW
Career change in sight for TAFE

October 22 2010
FUNDAMENTAL changes to vocational education, including a user-pays funding model, a transformed

apprenticeship system and the partial merger of TAFEs and universities, have been put forward by the
federal government's skills adviser to revitalise the….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/qrbl
Taskforce announced for Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund

Joint media release: Senator the Hon Christopher Evans & the Hon Simon Crean MP
October 20 2010
Rural and regional students seeking a university education received additional support today with the
establishment of a taskforce and the provision of extra funding announced by the Minister for Tertiary
Education, Senator….
ABN: 56 168 491 622 12
Full article:
http://goo.gl/b8Gs
University And Students Unite In Opposition To VSM Bill

Voxy.co.nz, New Zealand
October 20 2010
Victoria University of Wellington and its students' association, VUWSA, are uniting in opposition to the
Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill which could undermine the quality of campus life,
vital support services and student advocacy at….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/pBuX
Campus thirst for coffee helps one extra student attend uni next year
University of Wollongong News
October 18 2010
One extra student in need – who may not otherwise have been able to afford to attend university - will
be able to enrol at UOW next year thanks to the voracious coffee appetite of the campus….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Z0QU
Free $10 go cards help students get to uni

QUT News
October 19 2010
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the QUT Student Guild are distributing $30,000 worth
of "go cards" during Anti-Poverty Week (October 17 - 23) to help students with the cost of….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/hvjW
Labor to defy churches: ethics classes likely to start next year

October 20 2010
STUDENTS in NSW will be offered ethics classes as an alternative to scripture classes by next year,
under a proposal the government is expected to adopt.
The Minister for Education, Verity Firth, will release today the findings of an independent report….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/ZaGh
Bradley reforms go ahead

The Australian
October 20 2010
THE Gillard government remains committed to its multi-billion-dollar Bradley reforms.
ABN: 56 168 491 622 13
The support is despite the need to return to budget surplus in about two years, Tertiary Education
Minister Chris Evans said yesterday….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/5RM9
Students see 'lifetime of debt' after fees rise

October 20 2010
Angry students say they will be left with a "lifetime of debt" following Auckland University's decision to
raise its fees by 6.3 per cent next year.
The increase, which was approved at a meeting this week, means some domestic students will have….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/trJ9
Vice-chancellors out of their depth in politics

The Australian
October 20 2010
The sector is ill-served by leaders who resemble a gentlemen's club rather than a peak industry body.
Universities have only themselves to blame for becoming the political road kill of the Gillard
government. Despite the minor patchwork on ministry labels, the higher education portfolio remains….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/vql7
High university drop-out rates cost $1.4bn

The Australian
October 20 2010
Second-year students from Charles Sturt University, which has retention and transition programs to help
students.
STUDENT attrition in Australia's universities comes at a cost of more than $1.4 billion a year, or an
average of $36 million….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Chot
Shrill response to falling numbers

The Australian
October 20 2010
DON'T be spooked by Monash University's plan to cut 300 staff.
This is notwithstanding the opportunistic claims by Monash's vice-chancellor Ed Byrne and his fellow vice-
chancellors of the universities of Melbourne and NSW that wider cuts may be expected due partly to
the federal government's new student visa….
Full article:
ABN: 56 168 491 622 14
http://goo.gl/EMrZ
Education told to follow tourism lead

The Age
October 19 2010
AUSTRALIA needs a co-ordinating authority similar to Tourism Australia to help solve its problems with
international students, says the head of one of the peak bodies in the field.
Stephen Connelly, president of the International Education Association of Australia, says….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/1zH8
Will Student Opportunities Be History?

Voxy, New Zealand
October 18 2010
Students' associations have been working hard for students for over a hundred years and are reminding
MPs this week to vote down an Act Party Bill that will undermine the services, facilities and vibrant
campus environments that students use and….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Ni1K
NZ Universities win more funding

University World News
October 17 2010
New Zealand's government has announced extra funding for universities just days before publication of
a report claiming big economic benefits from such spending.
The independent report commissioned by Universities New Zealand concluded that a $40 million
(US$30.2 million) increase in annual government spending on universities would….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/ia51
Universities face funding crisis

October 17 2010
A collapse in income from foreign student fees has begun to hit universities across the country with
Monash University, the nation's biggest, facing a A$45 million (US$44.8 million) drop in revenue next
year and the loss of….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/LKYp
We simply can't give everyone a great education

The Australian
October 16 2010
ABN: 56 168 491 622 15
THE Prime Minister is trying to push more children into a devalued tertiary system.
FOR the past three years Julia Gillard has told us that education is her great passion. The other day, on
her first overseas trip, she told us that she "came into politics predominantly to make a difference to
opportunity questions, particularly make a difference in education. So, yes, if I had a choice…."
Full article:
http://goo.gl/wsyo
Call to tackle foreign student drop

The Age
October 15 2010
VICTORIAN universities have stepped up pressure on the federal government to fix Australia's student
visa system as international student numbers continue to fall.
Melbourne University vice-chancellor Glyn Davis yesterday used a press conference with the Prime
Minister to call for reform, warning the quality of university education was on….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/gguy
Cutting it at the chalk face

October 15 2010
Like many Australians, I can say I have been a great beneficiary of education.
From Highgate Primary to Harvard University and also with many family members employed as
academics, teachers and researchers in the education system. But I am also a beneficiary of
international education….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Q25B
University students face delay for results

October 15 2010
THOUSANDS of students at Macquarie University face a long wait for results at the end of the year
after a dispute between staff and management flared dramatically.
Up to half of the university's full-time academic staff are set to put a freeze on processing….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/feKB
VU event management degree best in Australia

Victoria University News
October 14 2010
Victoria University’s degree in event management has been named Australia’s best education program
at the Australian Event Awards.
ABN: 56 168 491 622 16
The Bachelor of Business (Event Management) specialises in education and training for….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Ijao
Pain in store for top universities

The Australian
October 15 2010
BUDGET cuts at Australia's biggest university, Monash, are "a warning" to other institutions, says
University of NSW chief Fred Hilmer.
Professor Hilmer said the loss of foreign students could force budget cuts on other universities in….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/GcmZ
Press Release: Universities Boost Economic Performance

Universities New Zealand
October 14 2010
A report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) shows that government investment
in New Zealand’s universities provides a significant permanent increase to GDP.
The report entitled The Economic Value of University Investment was commissioned by Universities New
Zealand – Te Pokai Tara (Universities NZ). It models the economic impact of investing an….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Akqv
Steven Joyce: Govt shifts $55 million into more student places
New Zealand Government
October 12 2010
The Government will fund almost 3,000 more university student places over the next two years in
response to high demand for full-time tertiary study, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce
announced….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/ZaKE
UQ students strengthen relations with Chinese youth

UQ News
October 14 2010
Three University of Queensland students selected as delegates to promote cross-cultural relations with
China attended the inaugural Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) earlier this month.
Psychology and science student Misha Byrne, Chinese and law student Jeffrey Sheehy, and….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/etPF
ABN: 56 168 491 622 17
Hundreds more students likely for Massey

The Manawatu Standard
October 14 2010
Student numbers at Massey University could be boosted after the Government made an extra 2895
university places available over the next two years.
The additional number to meet the growing demand will be split between New Zealand's eight
universities over 2011 and 2012 at a cost….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/rboS
Malaysia To Host Conference For Developing Sport Management

Bernama National News Agency, Malaysia
October 12 2010
Malaysia will host the Asian Association for Sport Management (AASM) Conference, an initiative to
enhance regional cooperation in developing sport management in Asia, at the Putra World Trade….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/ly6I
Universities welcome additional funding for more student places

Universities New Zealand
October 12 2010
Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara (Universities NZ) welcomes the government's announcement to
invest more money into university student places for 2011 and 2012. This decision is in accord with
what universities have been pointing to for some time - that investment in university….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/IkJL
Collaboration drives electric car research

Swinburne Media Centre
October 13 2010
A delegation from Hefei University of Technology (HFUT), China visited Swinburne Unviersity of
Technology in Australia today to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the research
and development of….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/wIKi
Compulsory fees OK if students get good value for money

Northern District Times
October 13 2010
UNIVERSITY students could pay for services again after four years of voluntary student unionism (VSU).
The Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010 was announced
recently. This would allow universities to charge students up to $250 each year for student services….
ABN: 56 168 491 622 18
Full article:
http://goo.gl/zsiR
Metaphors reveal international differences in how students and societies regard teachers
The Guardian, UK
October 12 2010
The images that learners around the world use for their teachers and study reveal significant differences
in attitudes and aspirations. Practitioners should take note
Role model? A metaphor for hard work and productivity.
"My teacher is an old cow." What does this mean? How would you respond, as a teacher, if this….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/piWD
In thrall purely to sciences

The Australian
October 13 2010
THE humanities landscape across regional universities in particular looks like scorched earth.
ONCE, the humanities were fundamental to the idea of the university. Now science is at the core of the
research mission of the Australian university, and professional training at the core of….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/6YBX
Disadvantaged mentored for higher things

The Australian
October 13 2010
Michelle Adam, the Smith Family's national manager for higher education, says the charity is mentoring
more students at university level.
COMMUNITY organisations and businesses are well placed to help universities not only attract but….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/QDIc
Australia's image takes a battering

The Australian
October 13 2010
INDIANS expect Australia to be about as welcoming as a river full or piranhas
And the blow to Australia's reputation following violent attacks on Indian students last year is having
repercussions around the world.
When asked how welcoming Australia is as a country, Indians rank it 46th out of 50 countries….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/HtjQ
ABN: 56 168 491 622 19
ELS plans language centres on campus

The Australian
October 13 2010
A SUBSIDIARY of language teaching giant Berlitz is planning to establish English teaching schools for
foreign students at several Australian universities.
ELS has almost 50 schools with 15,000 students in the US and plans to expand into Australia and….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/TUxD
Managers in the firing line

The Australian
October 13 2010
DEANS are a university's middlemen who must facilitate change at the faculty level.
A COUPLE of years ago it was my privilege to design new role statements for deans in a recently
restructured university. It was an opportunity to reflect on the expansive role of the dean and to ensure
that their role statements were underpinned by sound leadership….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/9z80
Global exercise in futility

The Australian
October 13 2010
Like Marion Jones's results at the Sydney Olympics, university rankings are not worth the paper they're
printed on.
AS an annual light entertainment, university rankings are bound to raise some hackles.
THE Times Higher Education claims that its new world university rankings, assembled by….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/mhSH
Govt Shifts $55 Million Into More Student Places

Voxy.co.nz, New Zealand
October 12 2010
The Government will fund almost 3,000 more university student places over the next two years in
response to high demand for full-time tertiary study, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce
announced….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/0JI0
The big challenges for higher education

ABN: 56 168 491 622 20
October 10 2010
The mood at the 2010 OECD higher education conference was more self-critical than complaining,
according to Richard Yelland, head of the education management and infrastructure division in the
organisation's education directorate. "Notwithstanding their good intentions, institutions and systems are
not fulfilling their social responsibilities - to nurture research which will address pressing….
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http://goo.gl/0h1d
A note on absent students

Marcia Devlin in The Age
October 11 2010
My students want me to put the notes on the server before the lectures. But when I do this, the students
don't come to the lectures.
Making recordings of lectures — through notes, audio and/or video — is increasingly common in….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/LMsF
Small classes 'a must' for unis

The Adelaide Advertiser
October 11 2010
SMALLER university tutorial class sizes are "a necessity" to increase student participation and maintain
high learning standards, an international higher education expert says.
However, it is feared pressure on universities to make "efficiency savings" will prevent….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/kdzQ
Run universities like supermarkets: consultant

October 10 2010
A senior manager with the London-based strategy and insight consultancy SHM has suggested that
universities and other higher education institutions be run like supermarkets. Paul Gillooly presented this
provocative idea to an incredulous group of government officials and university leaders at the OECD's
Institutional Management in Higher Education general conference….
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http://goo.gl/QpxR
Never mind quality, as universities expand

October 10 2010
The OECD's general conference, Higher Education in a World Changed Utterly: Doing more with less,
identified one of the great challenges of expanding university systems: can higher education provide
value while admitting more students and cutting back on spending in a recessionary climate? The
problem is that no one knows how to measure the 'value' of….
ABN: 56 168 491 622 21
Full article:
http://goo.gl/4HaS
Retailers lose appeal over three-hour minimum shift requirement for students
The Australian
October 08 2010
FAIR WORK Australia has dealt a blow to business by dismissing an appeal by retailers to allow
students to work less than three-hour shifts after school.
Retailers said today's ruling would kill off after-school jobs and hurt struggling retailers, while….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/8Jcg
University of New England alliances prepare it for the future

The Australian
October 06 2010
UNIVERSITY alliances are emerging as a key feature of the sector as vice-chancellors react to the
market imperative to grow.
This coincides with the Gillard government's push to boost the participation of disadvantaged
students….
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http://goo.gl/KpiO
Editorial: Student bodies must adapt to law change

October 08 2010
All sorts of dire consequences are being forecast if the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment
Bill becomes law.
The legislation, which has been endorsed by Parliament's education and science select committee….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/sdKA
Gordon TAFE may lose out on millions in funding

The Geelong Advertiser
October 08 2010
MILLIONS in funding for Gordon TAFE and schools across Geelong is in doubt with the Federal
Government unable to confirm the city's eligibility for the election pledge.
Geelong already missed out on automatic qualification for the $1.8 billion Health and Hospital….
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http://goo.gl/fkJr
ABN: 56 168 491 622 22
US university buys $28m dairy farm

October 07 2010
An American university is buying a New Zealand dairy farm for more than $28 million as officials and
would-be overseas investors get ready for new rules.
Harvard University's endowment fund has been given Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approval….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/Jlbe
Outgoing Vice Chancellor says diversity of Australian universities at risk

Murdoch University News
October 06 2010
Australian universities could become educational “clones” of each other unless changes are made to
current funding arrangements, the Vice Chancellor of Murdoch University, Professor John Yovich said
today.
He challenged the new Federal Government to urgently review the funding model so universities….
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http://goo.gl/8Dvj
University understaffing 'ridiculous'

The Australian
October 07 2010
CORPORATE heavyweights lashed out at the poor funding of universities, warning that student-to-staff
ratios were at "ridiculous" levels.
There are currently more than 20 university students to one member of staff compared with less….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/daWS
Student slide may defer University of South Australia plans

The Australian
October 06 2010
THE University of South Australia may be forced to delay its $1 billion renewal plan if overseas student
numbers slide more than 20 per cent next year….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/TRm2
Overseas students value our degrees

The Australian
October 06 2010
INTERNATIONAL students still have a high regard for Australian qualifications despite assaults, dodgy
colleges and an immigration crackdown.
ABN: 56 168 491 622 23
A survey commissioned by international education agent IDP has found almost 40 per cent of the….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/jHbp
New uni deal for poorer students to start in bush

The Australian
October 06 2010
THE University of Sydney is set to offer places to disadvantaged students on the basis of their school's
recommendation.
But the students will have to do their first year at the University of New England in central….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/AprN
Sydney Uni in deal to take disadvantaged students

October 06 2010
ONE of the most elite universities in Australia is targeting poor and disadvantaged students for entry as
long as they complete a year of study at a regional institution….
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http://goo.gl/gqJ8
Push for charter of rights

The Australian
October 06 2010
NATIONAL governments that host the world's three million international students will be expected to
grant them wider citizens rights under a proposed global student mobility charter.
A draft charter, based on the UN and International Labour Organisation protocols, is expected….
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http://goo.gl/2nbM
Vice-chancellors move to cultivate cardinal virtues in students

The Australian
October 06 2010
WHEN John Henry Newman wrote his The Idea of a University, his ideal already had been superseded
by history.
The research university had taken hold as an institution to challenge knowledge, not just inculcate it, and
students were seeking not self-knowledge but….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/sK16
Budget cuts threaten University of Western Australia staff
ABN: 56 168 491 622 24
The Australian
October 06 2010
THE University of Western Australia is set to cut staff at its engineering, computing and mathematics
faculty.
This is part of a proposal to slash the salary bill for research and teaching appointments by more….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/QAw0
Country kids set sights on city campuses

The Australian
October 06 2010
FEW country students with their sights set on study in the city will settle for a regional university.
Last year, only 0.7 per cent of rural and regional students whose first preference was to go to a
metropolitan university, but who were not offered a place, instead accepted a regional university….
Full article:
http://goo.gl/QVDT
The new couple on campus: Student loan and debit card

The Washington Post
October 04 2010
Soon after they arrived on campus, more than a million college students across the country received a
welcome letter and a plastic card bearing a MasterCard logo from a little-known company called
Higher One….
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http://goo.gl/L0cF
Student leaders outline what is wrong with Act's bid to make association membership voluntary
October 05 2010
The decision of National members of a parliamentary select committee to ignore tertiary institutions,
students and the public by supporting an Act bill to impose voluntary student membership on students'
associations is disgraceful….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/cp6Nur
University shares concerns of students speaking out against decision

Lincoln University News, New Zealand
September 30 2010
Students of Lincoln University are condemning the recommendation of the Select Committee that the
Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill go forward. The University values its relationship
with the Lincoln University Students’ Association and shares the students’ concerns….
Full article:
ABN: 56 168 491 622 25
http://bit.ly/bgIcZU
What will happen to standards?

The Age
October 05 2010
What's meant by a ''broader range'' of students?
'My university has decided that it must allow "a broader range of students" into our courses. Has anyone
considered what will happen to standards if we do this?'
The issue of standards has prompted much debate across the Australian higher education….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/biocSJ
Fulbright Scholarships: Study in the US
Since 1949 over 1,800 Americans and 2,500 Australians have studied, researched, and lectured in
Australia and the U.S. as Fulbright grantees. Fulbright Alumni include a distinguished list of Nobel- and
Pulitzer Prize- winners, governors and senators, ambassadors and artists, prime ministers and….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/9J0UOb
Officials endorse student fee

The Armidale Express
October 04 2010
UNIVERSITY of New England (UNE) Chancellor Richard Torbay and Vice-Chancellor Jim Barber have
urged parliamentary support for the Student Services Amenities Bill 2010, which is before the House of
Representatives this….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/d1goxV
Failing to keep up with the neighbours

Sunday Star Times via Stuff.co.nz
October 03 2010
OPINION: What's the health of our universities? Getting better, says the government. Getting worse, say
the eight institutions.
While this is a perennial debate, it achieved a new and critical intensity last week. The government
produced financial data to argue that the universities were in….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/cxFBf4
Changing standards
Bill Kirkman in The Hindu
October 02 2010
ABN: 56 168 491 622 26
Education should be wide-ranging, not just prepare students for the job market. My big concern is
about the purpose of education, not only its quality.
Just before the beginning of their school holidays I went to see my two Australian grandsons taking part
in a series of dance performances staged by their Brisbane primary school. My guess is that….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/bI0gT2
Voluntary student unionism

ABC Radio National
October 02 2010
In Canberra this week, the government has again introduced a bill to have student services fees
reinstated. The fees were scrapped in 2005 as part of the Howard government's move to….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/dkqIK7
The Coalition against compulsory student fees

Liberal.org.au
October 01 2010
The Federal Opposition will oppose any Gillard Government attempt to re-introduce “compulsory
student unionism by stealth” on Australian university campuses, Senator Brett Mason, the Shadow Minister
for Universities and Research, said….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/bfYXzZ
Why universities are against VSM

KiwiBlog.co.nz, New Zealand
October 01 2010
Lincoln University says student associations are vital to campus life and it is condemning an ACT bill to
make their membership voluntary….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/c6fX9P
Higher Education Legislation Amendment Student Services and Amenities Bill 2010
News.com.ag
October 01 2010
CHRIS EVANS: Thank you for coming this morning. I just wanted to announce that this morning the
Government will be reintroducing the Higher Education Legislation Amendment Student Services and
Amenities Bill 2010 into the House of Representatives. And it's the Government's commitment to….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/d3KBzx
Former US Consul General to join Murdoch University

Murdoch University News
ABN: 56 168 491 622 27
October 01 2010
Murdoch University is delighted to announce the appointment of the former United States of America
Consul General to Perth, Dr Kenneth Chern, as Professorial Research Fellow.
Dr Chern, an expert in Asian affairs, will not only play a key role in supporting Murdoch’s….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/bZwg78
Ian Young appointed Vice-Chancellor of ANU

Swinburne Media Centre
October 01 2010
Swinburne Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young, has been appointed the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the
Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. He will succeed Professor Ian Chubb, who has served
as ANU Vice-Chancellor for more than….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/a9z7se
Government funding fails to keep pace with university costs

Universities New Zealand - NZVCC
September 28 2010
Figures released by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) today comparing the financial information
of tertiary institutions between 2007 and 2009 are a testament to the sound financial management
shown by our nation's eight….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/bSJMuq
Massey finances on the rebound

Manawatu Standard, New Zealand
September 30 2010
Massey University's finances are bouncing back after its financial surplus dropped $7 million over three
years.
The Tertiary Education Commission published data this week comparing the financial….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/9x2cuj
Critic Magazine Wins Student Media Awards

Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand
September 30 2010
Critic cleaned up at the ASPA Awards last weekend in Auckland, taking home a swag of awards
including Best Student Publication in New Zealand.
At the annual awards, which celebrate the 15 student magazines around the country, Critic took….
Full article:
ABN: 56 168 491 622 28
http://bit.ly/asuFFb
Fees will restore vital student services

Carla Drakeford, NUS, in the Sydney Morning Herald
October 01 2010
Legislation to reintroduce compulsory fees for student services at universities will not, as many who
introduced voluntary student unionism would us like to believe, be a return to compulsory student
unionism. It does not require students to be a member of their student organisation on campus. Nor are
universities required to pass any of the fee revenue onto student associations. The Student Services….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/cB8XB9
Lincoln University slams voluntary student union bill

Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
September 30 2010
Lincoln University says student associations are vital to campus life and it is condemning an ACT bill to
make their membership voluntary.
ACT MP Heather Roy's Education (Freedom of Association) Bill is set to become law after it was….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/avf3vC
University of Otago revealed to be a top earner

Otago Daily Times
September 30 2010
The University of Otago achieved the highest university operating surplus in the country last year, at
$31.1 million, figures released this week by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) show.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the overall TEC figures, covering the years 2007-09,
showed publicly-funded tertiary institutions were generally in strong….
Full article:
http://bit.ly/adRcbo
ABN: 56 168 491 622 29

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 The dumb blonde of international education

 Will Student Opportunities Be History?

 Former US Consul General to join Murdoch University

The dumb blonde of international education

Peter Shergold, the people's professor

Blind student pays extra

Student loans - the debt mountain

Student accommodation to feature in Footscray development

It's silly to say no to the doctor

Why graduates lean to the Left

Evans on student rescue mission to Beijing

Putting at-risk students on the map

Still lost in the indigenous gap

To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks

Vice-Chancellor visits Iraq for talks on education

Bid to lift choice for uni students

Cash control would ensure unis' survival

Call for New Direction for Volunteer Peak Bodies

Volunteering Now Centre of Gillard Policy Agenda

New fight erupts over Youth Allowance

Uni Sport Vital to Participation Right up to Gold

Scoop, New Zealand

University Sport Vital to Participation Right up to Gold

Uni fee rise is still on review's agenda

Robson retires from UWA after 17 years

Vocational training needs a rethink

THE vast vocational education system is ripe for an extensive overhaul.

'Bolshie' quest for a campus

Sandstones call for serious overhaul in research policy

Funding squeeze will hurt

Go8: their own fault

TAFE students face steeper charges

Expert panel for higher education base funding review

University compacts to reward high performance

Funding advice by next October

Uni group unhappy with new standards

Government rules out full fee undergraduate places

Students should not fear being out and proud

Abolish archaic system at uni, says top academic

In the market for a better plan

Mix and match our higher education for 21st century

Blow for students' NZ body

Gov't won't bring back full fee places

Labor vowed to abolish the places ahead of the 2007….

Top unis may lock out local students

Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more

Top unis warn on loss of quality

Universities facing crisis of confidence

Squaring up for masters title fight at University of Melbourne

Career change in sight for TAFE

FUNDAMENTAL changes to vocational education, including a user-pays funding model, a transformed

Taskforce announced for Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund

University And Students Unite In Opposition To VSM Bill

Free $10 go cards help students get to uni

Labor to defy churches: ethics classes likely to start next year

Bradley reforms go ahead

THE Gillard government remains committed to its multi-billion-dollar Bradley reforms.

Students see 'lifetime of debt' after fees rise

Vice-chancellors out of their depth in politics

High university drop-out rates cost $1.4bn

Shrill response to falling numbers

The dumb blonde of international education

Will Student Opportunities Be History?

Former US Consul General to join Murdoch University