Tag: review
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Go8 Media Release: BCA contribution to post-secondary debate valuable but can go nowhere without a wide-ranging review
The Group of Eight (Go8) which represents Australia’s eight leading-research universities, cautiously supports the intent of the Business Council of Australia’s Future Proof proposal for the reform of Australia’s post-secondary education and training sector. “Its release definitely reinforces the Go8’s strong stance that a comprehensive review of Australia’s postsecondary education…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 calls on “pragmatic” Government to move quickly on Higher Education enquiry
The Group of Eight (Go8), which comprises Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, strongly supports the Nick Xenophon Team’s call for a comprehensive ‘Gonski-style’ review of post-secondary education and is disappointed the Government has not immediately embraced such a review for the benefit of all tertiary students and the future of the…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 says ‘horses for courses’ training essential for PhDs
Responding to the Federal Government’s review of Australia’s research training system, the Group of Eight (Go8) is keen to ensure that there can be no falling into the trap of thinking there is an overarching one size fits all approach to training Australia’s PhDs. “They are our academic workforce future.…
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In the media: Pyne sticks to uni plan
The West Australian, 01 Apr 2015 By Andrew Tillett Education Minister Christopher Pyne has rebuffed calls from Australia’s most prestigious universities to abandon his controversial higher education reforms because they had been watered down so much to become meaningless. The Group of Eight Universities, which includes the University of WA, has…
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Go8 Media Release: Higher Education Funding: Statement from Go8
For the past three years, the Go8 has consistently stated that the current funding model for Australian Universities is “broken”. It is for this reason that we have just as consistently supported the proposal for the deregulation of higher education fees as the only long term sustainable solution on offer.…