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June 2011 Higher Education News: Australia, New Zealand

June 2011 Higher Education News: Australia, New Zealand

The Australasian Campus Union Managers' Association (ACUMA) monthly higher education news summary for June 2011 has been published, and is available to view online, or download in pdf format.

Outlining items relevant to Australian and New Zealand universities and tertiary education institutions, and items affecting university students, the monthly higher education news summary for June contains items including the following:
  • A smoother path awaits academics
  • Australian Financial Review Higher Education Conference 2011
  • Big campuses annexing vocational education and training turf
  • Should TAFE teachers be paid the same as university lecturers?
  • Uni elections hit by claims of spending cap breaches
  • New Senate likely to pass $250 student amenities fee
  • World leading regulator builds on transformative higher education reform
  • Universities look for benefactors to close funding gap
  • Call to scrap child-care HECS debt
  • Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association Conference
  • Canberra uni-TAFE link less than a perfect match
To read the June 2011 higher education news summary for Australia and New Zealand, please visit:
Monthly higher education news archives

The monthly archives for ACUMA's higher education news, spanning general items, international education news, and technology news, are also available:

June 2011 International Education news: Australia, New Zealand

June 2011 International Education news: Australia, New Zealand

ACUMA has published the monthly international education news summary for June 2011.

Focussing where appropriate on the Australian and New Zealand international education industries, ACUMA's monthly international education news summary for June 2011 covers items affecting international students, and institutions both in Australia/NZ and overseas.

International education news reported in June 2011, included in the June summary, include:
  • Australia woos Indian students with scholarships
  • Malaysian Students Down Under To Meet In Spirit Of Patriotism
  • NSW back tracks on cheap travel for overseas students
  • Profiles reveal China's rising global stature
  • Push to attract Japanese students here
  • India: Students may delay foreign universities bill
  • Europe's new university ranking system unveiled
  • Slower growth for higher education exports
  • Australia to offer 400 scholarships to Indonesians
  • Malaysia: MUST struggles on despite break with MIT
  • International education sector strong
  • Chinese classes miss point
  • Singapore education group to set up university in Malaysia
To view, or download, the June 2011 international education news summary, please visit:

June 2011 Technology in Education news summary: Australia, New Zealand

June 2011 Technology in Education news summary: Australia, New Zealand

ACUMA Incorporated has published the June 2011 technology in education news summary, outlining items impacting on the university student experience, and campus services generally, in Australia and New Zealand.

Covered in the June 2011 education technology update are, amongst other items:
  • Australian university failed to secure students' data and broke law: Privacy Commissioner
  • Curtin University deploys Office 365
  • ‘Photovine’ is Google’s Latest Trademark for Photo Sharing?
  • Facebook for iPad on the Way
  • Apple Wants To Stop Concert Filming With iPhones
  • Twitter (Finally) Adds Automatic Link Shortening To Twitter.com
  • University of the Sunshine Coast streamlines software licensing, reduces excess certificates
  • Brumby and Downer to guide Huawei
  • Smartphone payments set to revolutionise retail industry
  • Google Rolls Out +1 Button To Publishers
To view the June 2011 technology update online, or to download it in pdf format, please visit:

Higher education news summaries for May 2011: Australian and New Zealand

Higher education news summaries for May 2011: Australian and New Zealand

ACUMA's monthly higher education news summaries for May 2011 are online, and are available to view or download in pdf format.

Covering items reported in May 2011, the monthly new summaries provide links to articles across 3 categories relevant to Australian and New Zealand higher education, university and VET institutions:
  • General higher education news
  • International education news, and international student news
  • Technology with a likely impact on the campus experience
To view or download one or all of ACUMA's higher education news summaries for May 2011, visit: