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• 21st November 2008 Don't let masters slip down
  The AQF says: "Because of the range of entry pathways and methodologies, the duration of masters degree programs varies. However, most masters degrees require the equivalent of two years of study post the three-year bachelor degree or one year of study post the bachelor honours degree or four-year (or longer)
• 21st November 2008 'Uncertainty' over intellectual property ruling
  Rob Chalmers, from the University of Adelaide's commercialisation company, said those in the field had "cried into (their) Coco Pops" when learning in April that judge Robert French had upset their assumption that universities owned inventions devised by researchers on staff."The position we're left with is one of vastly increased
• 21st November 2008 Nobel call for education action
  Former US President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi are among those who have signed a joint letter.They want world leaders to help an estimated 37 million children in countries affected by conflict who cannot go to school.The charity Save the Children
• 20th November 2008 Leap in students choosing to study in US
  The number of overseas students at US universities has shot to a decade high, sparking fears that UK universities will miss out on their share of the market.Almost 624,000 international students enrolled at US universities in 2007-08 - a 7% rise on the year before and the largest one-year increase
• 19th November 2008 British universities look to build offshore
  That is the view put by Drummond Bone, vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool, in a report prepared for the Labour Government as part of a push to ensure Britain remains a world leader in higher education during the next 10 to 15 years.Innovation, Universities and Skills Minister John Denham
• 19th November 2008 Restrict research to elite, says Go8
  In the strongly worded paper, released today, the group warns that the landscape for research investment has changed as nations within the Asian region intensify their attempts to develop world-class research and development facilities while others with strong egalitarian traditions, such as France and Germany, shift to an elite model
• 18th November 2008 India continues to send maximum students to US for education
  India has retained the first slot for the seventh year in succession with the number of Indian students in the US increasing by 13 per cent in 2007-08 to reach 94,563, according to the Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education with support from the US Department
• 18th November 2008 Colleges step into a bigger world
  The vision is to recruit 10 Chinese students and 20 more from Africa and the Indian sub-continent on an intensive 40-week course in ophthalmic dispensing. The qualification they take, the BTec national diploma, will be a British one, the teachers will be British, the delivery language will be English, but
• 18th November 2008 Bullying rife at British universities
  Conducted by the University and College Union – and released last week as part of national Ban Bullying at Work Day – it “names and shames” the universities with the worst reported levels of bullying.The UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, told the HES that the table was part of a
• 18th November 2008 Tesco voucher help in EMA delays
  Blackburn College gave £10 vouchers to "tide over" more than a thousand students who had not received payments.The college's deputy principal, Lisa O'Loughlin, says there have been real concerns about students dropping out because of the problems with the EMAs.Last week, the government said there was still a backlog of

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  AEI International Student Data YTD September 2008 (National Office)
  AEI has released the September 2008 statistics on international students studying in Australia on student visas. AEI's latest data shows that across all education sectors, international student enrolments in Australia have grown 19.9 per cent. AEI Media release, 29 October 2008
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  Minister plans ban on shaky visa deals
  The Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, wants tougher laws to combat the rise of shonky education agents promising Australian visas to overseas students when they can deliver no such thing. Increasingly, unscrupulous dealers in Australia and overseas are selling dubious study packages offering tuitio...
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  Foreign students on par with locals
  International students do just as well as Australian students at Australia's elite universities, countering claims that international students are soft-marked and are dragging down academic standards, according to the author of a new study. The Age, 8 October 2008
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  AICTEC Survey: Students' expectations about learning with technologies
  The Australian Government through the AICTEC Secretariat is undertaking research into learners' and educators' views of learning with technologies. There are two ways in which you can participate in this research: Complete an online survey; and/or take part in a focus group with 8 to 10 other studen...
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  UNSW mapping out strong China ties
  The University of New South Wales' School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems has signed a five-year deal to conduct training for China's key surveying and mapping authority - a sign of the growing reputation of UNSW's spatial information team. UNSW, 22 January 2008.
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  English Australia survey of major ELICOS regional markets in 2005: executive summary
  This report provides an overview of the number of overseas students and visitors who undertook English language studies in Australia in 2005.
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  Australia to Boost Regional Linkages Through Fellowships Program
  Australia's ties within the Asia Pacific region will be strengthened with the opening of the inaugural round of the Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships Program by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Teresa Gambaro. Ms Gambaro encouraged Australian organisations to become...
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  IARU Student Exchange Programme Signed Off
  An IARU student exchange agreement has been negotiated by The Australian National University, the National University of Singapore, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH Zurich) and the University of Copenhagen.
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  Scholarships For Study in Asia Announced
  The Australian Cheung Kong Student Exchange Programme for 2006 is offering student exchanges between 25 Australian higher education institutions and 42 counterpart institutions in Asia.
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  International Showcasing Opportunity in 2006
  The Australian Government's International Education Forum 2006, to be held in Brisbane from 3 to 6 April 2006, will attract many international participants. Opportunities still exist to benefit from involvement in this event.