Tuesday, October 5, 2010

September 2010 Higher Education News Summary: Australia, New Zealand

September 2010 Higher Education News Summary: Australia, New Zealand

The September 2010 Higher Education news summary from ACUMA Incorporated is now available, providing collected links and introductory text to news items dealing with tertiary education and university student issues in, or relevant to, Australia and New Zealand.

Items covered in the September summary include:

  • Voluntary Student Membership in New Zealand (the analogue to Australia's VSU);
  • Insurance for student belongings;
  • University textbook rental schemes;
  • Macquarie University's bond sale; and
  • Australian university rankings,
among many other items.


ACUMA's three monthly news summaries - covering Higher Education, International Education and Technology in Education - can also be downloaded from the ACUMA website in pdf format.

International higher education news: September 2010 summary

International higher education news summary: September 2010

ACUMA's monthly international higher education news summary is now available for September 2010.

The monthly international education news summary covers issues affecting international students, news in overseas education markets, and general education news items from outside Australia and New Zealand.


The monthly education news summaries can also be downloaded from the ACUMA website in pdf format.

Technology in higher education: September 2010 news summary

Technology in higher education: September 2010 news summary

ACUMA has published the monthly technology in education news summary for September 2010, providing summarised links to articles in the Australian, New Zealand and international press dealing with technology issues and developments faced by universities and other tertiary education institutions.

The September Technology and Higher Education news summary covers a range of items including ebooks, ereaders, social media and Google developments impacting on higher education, where applicable in the Australian and/or New Zealand context.


ACUMA Higher Education News Summaries can also be downloaded from the ACUMA Incorporated website in pdf format.