Sunday, November 14, 2010

Higher Education news summary: October 2010

Higher Education news summary: October 2010
- Australian and New Zealand focus

ACUMA Incorporated's Higher Education news summary for October 2010 is now available.

Focussing on news items relevant to Australia and New Zealand, the October Higher Education news summary provides links to items in the press concerning universities, students, vocational education and campus services.

Higher education news items reported in October 2010 include:
  • Peter Shergold, the people's professor
  • Student loans - the debt mountain
  • To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks
  • Cash control would ensure unis' survival
  • Robson retires from UWA after 17 years
  • Vocational training needs a rethink
  • TAFE students face steeper charges
  • Expert panel for higher education base funding review
  • Blow for students' NZ body
  • University And Students Unite In Opposition To VSM Bill
  • Bradley reforms go ahead
  • Students see 'lifetime of debt' after fees rise
  • Vice-chancellors out of their depth in politics
  • Education told to follow tourism lead
  • Compulsory fees OK if students get good value for money
  • Vice-chancellors move to cultivate cardinal virtues in students
  • Voluntary student unionism
  • and many more.
To view, or download, the October 2010 Higher Education news summary, visit one of the following links:
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International Higher Education news summary for October 2010

International Higher Education news summary for October 2010

The international higher education news summary for October 2010 is now available from ACUMA Incorporated, the peak body for campus service organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

Dealing with items covering international higher education news, and items relating to international students in Australia and New Zealand, the October international education round-up provides links to full articles including the following:
  • Council of Australian Governments International Students Strategy for Australia 2010 – 2014
  • Canadian universities build ties with India
  • Swinburne delegation visits China
  • Singapore Spinoff: Yale’s plan to bet its brand on a new college in Asia
  • Immigration policies 'hit student numbers'
  • Addressing Australia's international student crisis
  • Oxford University's new bursary for Aboriginal scholars
  • Glyn Davis: Indian student numbers 'to drop 80 per cent'
  • More Foreign Universities To Open Up Campus In Malaysia
  • Students pay for education but fail to understand their growing debt
  • The Erosion of American Higher Education
  • The Power of the Education-Industry Partnership
  • The new couple on campus: Student loan and debit card
  • and many more.
To view ACUMA's International Higher Education news summary for October 2010, visit the following links:
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Education & Technology news summary: October 2010

Education & Technology news summary: October 2010

The monthly news round-ups for October 2010 are now available from ACUMA Incorporated.

The Education & Technology news summary covers items in the press in October 2010 dealing with the direct, or likely, impact of technology developments on education, learning and study.

Items in the press in October 2010 included:
  • Macquarie Uni adopts hundreds of iPads
  • Mobile Banking in U.S. Grows 129% in Last Two Years
  • The Importance of Facebook Has Been Vastly Overstated
  • Mobile Devices and Student Recruitment
  • Borders To Launch Self-Publishing Platform
  • How much is that tweet worth?
  • O’Reilly Media Hits 800 eBooks in iBookstore
  • PayPal iPhone app to scan cheques
  • Universities Go Back to School With Live@edu
  • Why speed up the Web? It's all about mobile (and 3 other continents)
  • Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt!
  • Amazon Releases Plugin For InDesign
  • and many more.
To view ACUMA's October 2010 Education & Technology news summary, visit one of the links below:
For further information on ACUMA Incorporated and its activities in the Australian and New Zealand higher education campus services industry, visit the ACUMA website.
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