P81 Tertiary Education

Uni place offers slide 27pc

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Original article by Phoebe Wearne
The West Australian – Page: 11 : 16-Jan-15

Data from Western Australia’s Tertiary Institutions Service Centre show that 8,058 school-leavers have applied for places at the state’s universities in 2015. This is 32 per cent lower than in 2014, while the number of applications from non-school-leavers has fallen by 13.4 per cent. Meanwhile, the total number of university places offered by the state’s four public institutions has fallen by 27 per cent, to 11,560

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SERVICE CENTRE, MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

Rookie doctors set record on front line

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 5 : 15-Jan-15

The number of junior doctors undertaking their internships in Western Australian hospitals will rise from 312 in 2014 to a record 324 in 2015. About 290 of the new graduates undertook their medical studies at the state’s universities. Health Minister Kim Hames notes that the number of doctors who were trained in the state has doubled since 2008. Meanwhile, Curtin University has advised that its proposed medical school at Midland is unlikely to open before 2017. It was originally mooted to open in 2009

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL, PERTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL, HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL, PEEL HEALTH CAMPUS, JOONDALUP HEALTH CAMPUS

Co-op school rises to the top

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Original article by Bethany Hiatt
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 9-Jan-15

All Saints’ College in Bull Creek has emerged as Western Australia’s best secondary school. It appeared as number one on the list released by the School Curriculum & Standards Authority on 8 January 2015. The school achieved a median Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 92

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Perfect score equals bright future

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 5-Jan-15

A total of 1,790 Australian secondary school students who completed the International Baccalaureate diploma program received their results on 4 January 2015, with 31 achieving the perfect score of 45. A scholarship at the Australian National University, funded by ETF Securities founder Graham Tuckwell and his spouse, has been awarded to Jane Tan of Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Melbourne. There are 63 schools nationwide that offer the International Baccalaureate

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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PRESBYTERIAN LADIES’ COLLEGE, ETF SECURITIES LIMITED

Lessons in coping with failure

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Original article by Beverley Head
The Age – Page: 26 : 16-Dec-14

Australian universities are introducing courses in entrepreneurship. The University of Melbourne’s Wade Institute for Entrepreneurship was established in November 2013. The institute offers a course in Entrepreneurship for those who already have a degree. Queensland University of Technology, the University of Adelaide, Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Technology, Sydney, offer similar programs

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SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, ERNST AND YOUNG, TRAVELBAG PLC, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, McKINSEY AND COMPANY, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NANOTECHNOLOGY VICTORIA LIMITED, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, APPLE INCORPORATED

New fees still cut it, says QUT

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Original article by Julie Hare
The Australian – Page: 6 : 5-Dec-14

Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake says the cost of living is just as much a concern for Australian universities students as tuition fees. Professor Coaldrake is in favour of the Federal Government’s proposal to deregulate university fees. QUT estimates that the cost of its 5.5-year double degree in business and law would rise by $A17,300 to a total of $A78,500 if the Government’s reforms proceed

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QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

University package goes down

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 5 : 3-Dec-14

Australian Education Minister Christopher Pyne has been unsuccessful in his effort to sway sufficient numbers of senators to secure passage through the upper house of his higher education reforms. Compromise offers failed to avoid the defeat of the relevant bills by 33 votes to 31 on 2 December 2014. Of the minor party and independent senators, only Ricky Muir, John Madigan, David Leyonhjelm and Bob Day were in favour, while those against were Nick Xenophon, Jacqui Lambie, Glenn Lazarus and Dio Wang. The Federal Government will now suffer a setback worth $A5bn to its goal of returning the Budget to surplus. The Universities Australia lobbying body also seems to have withdrawn its backing

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, PALMER UNITED PARTY, AUSTRALIAN MOTORING ENTHUSIAST PARTY, DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, NICK XENOPHON GROUP, UNIVERSITIES AUSTRALIA LIMITED, FAMILY FIRST PARTY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

Bionic eye closer to trials on humans

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Original article by Bridie Smith
The Age – Page: 8 : 3-Dec-14

Monash University is matching dollar-for-dollar the donations by the charitable foundations of chancellor Alan Finkel and entrepreneur Marc Besen to the Monash Vision Group. The funding of $A3m in total will enable the bionic eye researchers to proceed to human trials in 2015. The expenditure on the project has averaged $A2.5m per annum, but Monash Vision director Arthur Lowery notes that there will be no further grants by the Australian Research Council. Monash Vision is a joint effort of Monash University, Alfred Health, MiniFAB and Grey Innovation

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MONASH VISION PTY LTD, MONASH UNIVERSITY, ALFRED HEALTHCARE GROUP, MINIFAB (AUST) PTY LTD, GREY INNOVATION PTY LTD, BIONIC VISION AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, BESEN FAMILY FOUNDATION

UWA credits for volunteering

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Original article by Bethany Hiatt
The West Australian – Page: 13 : 2-Dec-14

Students at the University of Western Australia will be able to gain six credit points for undertaking volunteer work organised by a new citizenship centre. The centre will be financed by the McCusker Charitable Foundation, whose four trustees are graduates of the university. The trustees hope that the scheme will encourage students to continue to do voluntary work after they graduate

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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, McCUSKER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, VOLUNTEERING WESTERN AUSTRALIA, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

CBA backs university’s quantum leap

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Original article by Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 2-Dec-14

Research into the development of quantum computers at the University of New South Wales has been given a boost via a $A5m investment by the Commonwealth Bank. Michelle Simmons, the head of the university’s Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology, says the investment will help Australia to maintain its status as a world leader in the technology. She is also hoping for financial support from the Federal Government

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COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. CENTRE FOR QUANTUM COMPUTATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY