Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has boosted the government’s spending on research projects linked with industry, with a $30m annual increase to the Australian Research Council’s Linkage program.
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The Australian Technology Network executive director, Luke Sheehy, noted the proposal appeared to pre-empt the findings of a fresh review launched in August on adoption of the French model code on freedom of speech and academic freedom.
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Universities have won a key change to the Morrison government's university overhaul, securing a guarantee on their funding levels after raising concerns the new legislation would allow the education minister to unilaterally defund them.
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Australia’s government plans to increase university tuition fees for humanities subjects and reduce them for ‘job-relevant’ Stem courses. Is it a good idea?
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ATN says the business-support effort has included advising on small-medium-enterprise workforce education by the UniSA Business School; economic research led by Professor Warren Hogan in the UTS Business School; and evaluating how COVID-19 will shape the future of health systems, led by Professor...
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The state’s unis are in uncharted waters, losing core teaching revenue and facing disruption to students and staff. Now, their leaders are setting their compass to get through uncertain times.
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Dan Tehan has added sweeteners to boost regional and Indigenous participation in a major overhaul of universities’ funding but the package – which doubles the cost of arts degrees to pay for more places and other course discounts – has been criticised by Centre Alliance’s Rebekha Sharkie.
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Higher education providers have responded quickly to a federal government call to provide discounted short courses in response to the coronavirus, with 320 six-month-long credentials offered in areas where there are expected to be job opportunities.
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Victorian universities risk losing tens of millions of dollars in fee revenue from domestic students enrolled in high-priority subjects including science, maths, teaching and nursing under a Morrison government plan to cut its funding contribution to those courses.
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Education Minister Dan Tehan is expected to unveil a higher education research package before the federal budget is announced on October 6, which universities hope will make up for revenue that was lost in the course funding changes announced last week.
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