18 October 2013
Written by Mel Henry (Manager, Student Equity & Diversity, Curtin University) and Dr Caroline Gopalkrishnan (Project Coordinator, Access, Curtin University) A spate of ...
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18 October 2013
Written by Claire Brown for The Conversation For the next couple of months, young people across Australia will be sitting their final Year 12 examinations. For them, it’s the ...
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27 September 2013
Written by Professor Caroline McMillen for The Conversation As the new government settles in, there has been heated speculation around major changes to the higher education ...
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26 September 2013
Written by Andrew Norton for The Conversation On the surface, Australia’s fourth and fifth ministers for higher education for 2013 – Labor’s Kim Carr and the Coalition’s ...
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14 September 2013
Written by Dr Tim Pitman for The Conversation In 1973, the Whitlam Labor government abolished university tuition fees. In 1987, the Hawke Government radically created ...
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14 September 2013
Written by Dr Tim Pitman for The Conversation According to the Federal Government, Australian public universities need to be more inclusive, particularly when it comes to ...
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14 September 2013
Written by Dr Tim Pitman for The Conversation Since 2007, the Australian government has been evaluating a pilot aptitude test for future university students. The test is meant ...
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4 September 2013
Written by Dr Tim Pitman for The Conversation Quality in education is something that seems so obvious – until you try to define it. This week the new Minister for Tertiary ...
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