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Posts Tagged ‘Australia’
Flash Mob Dancing in Sydney
In: Students
11 Jun 2010Friday’s not a busy work day (and going by my site stats, it must be a holiday week for many tertiary providers!), so here’s a video of a flash mob dance by a group of TAFE NSW students to help get you through the day. It was passed to me by my old friend Paul [...]
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- Tags: Australia
The OECD has released a paper on the impact of the economic crisis on education. It is based on a survey last June and is worth a quick skim for people interested in wider policy issues. I’ll be including more international content in the blog from now on, as many other people are dealing with [...]
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- Tags: Australia, OECD
Australia – Skill Shortages and Export Education
In: Export Education
16 Feb 2010Australia is facing turmoil in its export education industry due to immigration changes, which may create opportunities for NZ providers.
Many of the people who study overseas want to stay after they finish study. It’s usually a good deal, as graduates enter the workforce with the host country not having paid for any of their childhood, [...]
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- Tags: Australia, Immigration
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- Dean Carroll: I agree Darel; another positive externality. I also think that Dave overstates the barriers. Surely [...]
- Darel: I agree Dean. I wonder if one of the side benefits is to get people constructively focused on t [...]
- Dean Carroll: I too think that this is an excellent idea as it (a) focuses on the effective and efficiency of the [...]
- Big News: My follow up to the Massey enrolment cuts is <a href="http://big-news.blogspot.com/2010/07/b [...]
- Sheldon Nesdale: All that news in just one day Dave? [...]
- ITF Proposes New School Quals
- Will NZQA Close Six PTEs?
- News 30/7 – Grumpy Students and Staff to End the Week (Plus Horses)
- News 29/7 – Intl Students Up, Student Loans & Food Safety
- News 28/7/10 – There was an Immigration Scandal (well, arrests anyway)
- Immigration Scandal?
- News 27/7 – Plane Crash & Unitec Sponsors Rugby
- Cool Student Video – Sub With a Twist
- News 26/7 – Massey and Otago Entry Issues
- Sex and the Homestay Host
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