By Sara Custer. India’s largest vocational education provider, AISECT, has partnered with online learning platform, ALISON, in a bid to extend its reach in providing skills-based learning to rural and semi-urban populations. More...
04 août 2015
India: leading VET chain pairs with MOOC platform
08 juillet 2015
QS University Rankings: Asia
By . The fifth edition of the QS Asian University Rankings was launched at a packed conference in Beijing on June 10. Held at Peking University, seventh in the ranking and the top university in mainland China, the event was addressed by Li Yansong, vice president of PKU, and attracted over 150 delegates from across China. More...
14 juin 2015
Smart engagement, stronger Australia: our future in the Asia-Pacific
The rise of Asia requires vision and action in Australia, according to a new report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA).
Smart Engagement with Asia provides new insight to the complexities of our relationships in the region, and a blueprint for the bridges Australia can build.
Speaking at the launch of the report, Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC called for a national commitment to our future in the region. More...
12 juin 2015
The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015
The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2015 are based on the same criteria as the THE World University Rankings, powered by Thomson Reuters. We judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
Note: Universities that display a blue icon feature an enhanced institutional profile, which can be viewed by clicking the institution's name.
15 novembre 2014
Better grad programs keep students at home
By Paul Welitzkin. More students than ever, led by those from India, are enrolling in US graduate schools, but the number of Chinese students has declined slightly－a decline due in part to improved programs in China－according to a report released on Wednesday.
The report from the Council of Graduate Schools shows that first-time enrollments of students from China dropped 1 percent in 2014, the first decline measured since the survey was initiated in 2004. More...
07 septembre 2014
Senate inquiry stalls radical university reforms
The Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill will be reviewed by the Senate’s education and employment legislation committee. Read more...
22 juillet 2014
Senate opens another hole in Abbott budget blocking cuts to university funding
By Matthew Knott. The Abbott government's savings drive has taken another hit after the Senate blocked $435 million in university cuts originally proposed by Labor.
The vote is the first indication of how the new Senate may vote on the government's sweeping higher education reform agenda, which includes a full deregulation of fees, a 20 per cent across-the-board course funding cut and increased interest on student debts. Read more...
29 juin 2014
Bluestocking Week 2014: Crossing the Line
By Jeannie Rea. This year’s Bluestocking Week theme is ‘Crossing the Line’. How could it be otherwise? The line has been crossed already, not by us but by the Abbott Coalition Government and their advocates and supporters, who are seeking to wind back the clock as they actively attack pro-women and feminist policies and perspectives. We cannot stand on the sideline, but have to cross the line ourselves.
Last year, we focused on what the future may hold as it looked like the outcome of the federal election would be a neo-conservative Coalition Government. More...
21 juin 2014
70 per cent of Australians against higher university fees
By Matthew McGowan. Polling commissioned by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) shows that 70% of Australians oppose university fee increases for students and that higher education reforms are one of the most unpopular measures in the budget. The figures confirm that the community are angry about the broken election commitment not to alter university funding arrangements, as well as policies that would see students from poorer backgrounds locked out of quality education.
“These are budget measures that Christopher Pyne and the Government kept secret before the election for a reason,” said Jeannie Rea, NTEU National President.
“On top of a 20% cut in government funding to universities, students will face debts of over $100,000 and repayments well into their 40s and 50s. Women and poorer students will be the most affected by these changes. 55% of Australians disagreed with the Government’s move to a more “Americanised” system.
“Australians do not want an Americanised system. They want to protect the current system that trains students for high skilled jobs, promotes research and critical thinking, and one that is equal and accessible,” Rea said. The poll showed that vast majorities of Australians think savings would be better targeted at high income earners, through implementing a mining tax or by closing superannuation tax loopholes for the wealthy.
- Published: 16 Jun, 2014
- Tags: polling, UMR, Budget 2014,
UMR Post-Budget Message Testing Analysis. More...
19 juin 2014
Asia University Rankings 2014 top 100
The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2014 are based on the same criteria as the THE World University Rankings, powered by Thomson Reuters. We judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
Asia University Rankings 2014 top 100.
