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Pyne’s higher education policy rethink

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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Curtin UniReady Enabling Program: Regional Scholarships (2013)

24 September 2013

Curtin University has five regional scholarships available for Western Australian students courtesy of the UniReady Enabling Program. UniReady aims to help students who have ...

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Report finds more students completing Y12

24 September 2013

A report released by the COAG Reform Council yesterday shows an average of 2.48% more Australian students are completing Year 12 than in 2007. Under the $708 Million Youth ...

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Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education & Training (ADCET)

18 September 2013

The Australian Federal Government, under the Higher Education Disability Support Program, is funding the maintenance of the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education ...

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RREAC schools tour brings up education issues

14 September 2013

L-R: RREAC Executive Officer Emmy Terry; NCSEHE Director Professor Sue Trinidad; Great Southern Development Commission CEO Bruce Manning and RREAC Chair Hon. Brian Ellis, MLC ...

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Creating university places is easy, motivating students to take them is hard

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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2013 Peer Leader Award Announced

10 September 2013

For the second year running, a Curtin University UniPASS Peer Learning Facilitator has won an Outstanding New Leader award at the Australasian Peer Leader Awards. Ms Terri da ...

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Equality or quality? Measuring the effect of more uni students

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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The Hon. Fred Chaney AO chairs NCSEHE Board

15 July 2013

The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) held its first board meeting at Curtin University on Thursday 11 July 2013. Formerly hosted by the ...

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Inclusion Leaps Ahead

28 January 2013

By Karen Green for Cite, the magazine of Curtin University, Issue 20, Summer 2012/2013, p18 The success of the 2012 Paralympic Games demonstrates that individuals are not ...

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