UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES – AUSTRALIA

Government’s finger on double-dissolution trigger

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 2-Apr-15

The Australian Government insists on continuing with its policy of university fee deregulation. Education Minister Christopher Pyne said on 1 April 2015 that he will present the proposed legislation to the Senate again, despite the fact that it has already been rejected twice. If the bill is rejected again, it may trigger a double dissolution election

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE GROUP OF EIGHT LIMITED

Career dreams dashed as graduate oversupply worsens

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Original article by Marianna Papadakis
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 32 : 20-Mar-15

There are not enough positions for Australian law graduate, and many of them are forced to work in other sectors. As law schools are producing too many graduates, they have started to promote law as a generalist qualification which does not necessarily lead to a career in law. Amanda Cutajar, the head of the Australian division of human resources at DLA Piper, says law firms are now in a comfortable situation of being able to be quite selective in recruitment

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DLA PIPER, GADENS LAWYERS, ASHURST AUSTRALIA, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS

Iron ore budget hole gets bigger

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 18-Mar-15

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his government will balance the Budget in about five years’ time. However, the continued fall in the price of iron ore since late 2014 is expected to reduce government revenue by $A1.8bn a year. The mid-year Budget update had forecast an average iron ore price of $US60 per tonne, but it has since traded at a low of $US56. Meanwhile, Education Minister Christopher Pyne will press ahead with university reforms, despite the bill being rejected by the Senate for a second time on 17 March 2015

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, DELOITTE ACCESS ECONOMICS PTY LTD

Law graduates undeterred by dire job hopes

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Original article by Marianna Papadakis, Edmund Tadros
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 32 : 27-Feb-15

The latest Australian Law Students Survey has highlighted the challenging job market for law graduates. The Survive Law website’s survey found that 33 per cent of law students are not confident that they will gain a job after graduating, while more than 50 per cent say that universities should offer greater assistance in searching for jobs. In addition, more than 50 per cent of law students indicated their desire to practice law after graduating

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SURVIVE LAW, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Wait is over for 85,000 applicants

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Original article by Amy McNeilage
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 11 : 22-Jan-15

Some 46,000 prospective university students received offers of places in undergraduate courses on 21 January 2015. The University of Western Sydney’s degree in physiotherapy had the highest Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR). The Australian Catholic University’s degree in occupational therapy and the University of Sydney’s degree in paramedicine are among the courses that have higher ATARs than in 2014

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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, UNIVERSITIES ADMISSIONS CENTRE (NSW AND ACT) PTY LTD

Unis ramp up offers to lowest tier

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Original article by Julie Hare
The Australian – Page: 5 : 19-Jan-15

New data shows that universities have been progressively accepting applications from school-leavers with a low Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). The proportion of students with an ATAR of no more than 50 who were offered a university place was just one in 10 in 2009, but this had risen to two in five by 2014. Group of Eight CEO Vicki Thomson has expressed concern about this trend, and says it demonstrates the importance of "pathways" programs for new university students

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THE GROUP OF EIGHT LIMITED,{SPAC}FEDERATION UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA,{SPAC}GRATTAN INSTITUTE,{SPAC}UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT,{SPAC}VICTORIAN TERTIARY ADMISSIONS CENTRE,{SPAC}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

Socially responsible investing demands rigour, says adviser

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Original article by Jemima Whyte
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 12 : 30-Oct-14

The socially responsible investment industry in Australia is less mature than the same sector in the US. Alexandra P Cart, co-founder of US impact investment advisory firm Madeira Capital, says more accountability is needed in the sector. Metrics must also be improved. Impact investing recently attracted public attention after the Australian National University opted for the removal of several mining companies from its investment fund

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MADEIRA GLOBAL LLC, JP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PHILANTHROPY AUSTRALIA, OIL SEARCH LIMITED – ASX OSH, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO

Sandfire wins recast of ‘incorrect’ profile

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Original article by Sarah-Jane Tasker
The Australian – Page: 20 : 17-Oct-14

The Australian National University (ANU) recently announced that it would divest the shares of seven resources groups, after concerns about them were raised by adviser Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER). Among those affected was Sandfire Resources, but CAER has now said it will edit its assessment of the miner after talks with MD Karl Simich. He says his business has been unfairly tarnished by being included on the list despite factual inaccuracies in CAER’s report. Simich stresses that he backs ANU’s right in principle to make its own investment decisions

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SANDFIRE RESOURCES NL – ASX SFR, CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN ETHICAL RESEARCH PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY