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13 octobre 2015

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander motions passed at NTEU National Council 2015

By Celeste Liddle. This motion commits the NTEU to continuing activism on the issue of the forced closure of Indigenous communities. This motion additionally broadens the definition of "Indigenous communities" to incorporate everything from remote communities, to urban communities and to on-campus communities such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Centres. The NTEU sees the continuing attacks on Indigenous communities to be an attack on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander autonomy and self-determination and therefore in recognition of the 2002 10 Point Plan for a post-Treaty Union, it is felt that the time has come to strengthen this stance. More...

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13 octobre 2015

Vocational education: how the shonks and shysters took control

By Paul Kniest. In this excellent article, Bachelard chronicles how government policies driven by an ethos of “deregulate at any cost” have resulted in students and governments being ripped off and rorted for billions of dollars by dodgy private providers with little interest in education or student welfare. More...

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13 octobre 2015

$100,000 degrees still Govt policy

By Jeannie Rea. Malcolm Turnbull has said that policies may need to be looked at and ‘political realities’ faced. But the new Prime Minister is also on record supporting the Federal Budget, including the higher education ‘reforms.’ New Education Minister Senator Simon Birmingham has said he is ‘not wedded’ to deregulation, but ‘finding a way through on higher education reforms was a priority.’ New Treasurer Scott Morrison says he wants to cut expenditure. More...

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13 octobre 2015

ALP releases real alternative higher education policy

By Jeannie Rea. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bill Shorten, today released the ALP’s higher education policy which the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says is in stark contrast to the unprincipled, unfair and unsustainable higher education polices of the Coalition. More...

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13 octobre 2015

New Education Minister Birmingham faces first real test

By Andrew MacDonald. New Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham’s commitment to driving dodgy private tertiary education providers out of business and protecting the interests of students will be tested in Parliament this week, ahead of the potential watering down of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act, according to the National Tertiary Education Union. More...

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13 octobre 2015

Vice chancellors refuse to rule out $100,000 degrees

By Andrew MacDonald. While the NTEU welcomes the launch today of Universities Australia’s new Policy Statement which puts public interest and public investment at the centre of the regulatory and funding framework for Australian research and higher education, the union is disappointed that vice chancellors have not ruled out support for fee deregulation. More...

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13 octobre 2015

Lettre Ouverte au Secrétaire général de la COP21 - Des institutions d’enseignement supérieur dans la lutte contre le changement

Des associations, représentant 3 000 universités et institutions d’enseignement supérieur à travers le monde, et des réseaux dédiés au développement durable, ont signé ce jour une lettre ouverte exhortant les Ministres et les gouvernements à reconnaître mais aussi à renforcer le rôle des institutions d’enseignement supérieur au sein de la Recherche et de l'Education dans la lutte contre le changement climatique. Cette lettre ouverte sera remise le 14 Octobre au Secrétaire général de la COP21 à l'UNESCO. L'Initiative sur la durabilité dans l'enseignement supérieur (HESI) est à l’origine de l’organisation de cet événement intitulé : «l’enseignement supérieur en faveur d’une action contre le changement climatique » (Higher Education for Climate Change Action). L’HESI est un consortium d'organismes des Nations Unies comprenant l'UNESCO, l’ONU-DESA, le PNUE, le Global Compact et l'UNU. L’AIU est partenaire de l’événement et le Président de l’AIU, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, prendra part à la session sur Le rôle des réseaux académiques internationaux pour atteindre les objectifs fixés par l’agenda de développement de l’après 2015. La lettre ouverte en anglais est disponible ici. Voir l'article...

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13 octobre 2015

Open letter to COP21 ministers - Higher Education Institutions & Climate Change

A global alliance of tertiary and higher education associations and sustainability networks on every continent and representing more than 3000 universities and colleges worldwide, today jointly issued an Open Letter urging COP21 Ministers and Governments to acknowledge and strengthen the research and education role that universities and colleges play in addressing climate change. The Open Letter from the global alliance will be handed to COP21 General Secretary on 14 October at the UNESCO Headquarters during the Higher Education for Climate Change Action Event. The event is hosted by The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative- HESI which was created by a consortium of UN entities UNESCO, UN-DESA, UNEP, Global Compact and UNU. IAU is pleased to confirm that Prof. Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, IAU President will be taking part of this event. A copy of the letter can be found here. More...

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13 octobre 2015

HEFCE highly respected by stakeholders

An independent survey [Note 1] has found that HEFCE is considered by its stakeholders to be highly respected, trusted and approachable [Note 2]. There is widespread and increased recognition of HEFCE’s role as a broker between Government and the higher education sector, and 94 per cent of respondents believe that HEFCE implements Government policy effectively [Note 3]. More...

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13 octobre 2015

Additional reports supporting consultation on changes to the National Student Survey and Unistats

The UK funding bodies for higher education have published two further research reports that provide supporting evidence for the consultation published on 1 October. More...

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