Education Talking Points 22-12-2015

2015-12-22 Monash, Peking University in exchange partnership Monash University has partnered with one of China’s top universities to give students the opportunity to live and study in Australia’s top trading neighbour. Under the agreement with Beijing’s Peking University, Monash bachelor of international business students will have the opportunity for a 12-week exchange in China. Funding …

Education Talking Points 15-12-2015

2015-12-15 NSW government rejects TAFE funding claims The NSW government has rejected claims nearly half of the state’s TAFE funding will need to come from the private sector next year. A leaked government document has reportedly shown that direct state government funding for TAFE’s income will be reduced to half in 2016, with the rest …

Education Talking Points 8-12-2015

08-12-2015 The world more educated than ever OECD data shows more people are going to school and university than ever before. A third of adults in OECD countries held a tertiary-level qualification in 2014. South Korea has demonstrated a considerable increase in upward mobility as measured by the number of young people going to university …

Education Talking Points 1-12-2015

Half the world’s mobile students from Asia The latest Education at a Glance report produced by the OECD shows that Asian students represented over half of all international students enrolled in tertiary education. The report also notes that higher numbers of international students in OECD countries are enrolled in the more advanced degree programmes. Australia, …

Education Talking Points 27-11-2015

  Rio Tinto talent development programme in Mongolia   Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine in the South Gobi desert invested US$1.5 million in education and training programmes during the first half of 2015. To date they have funded the training of nearly 300 teachers and school managers to Australian national standards. In addition, Rio Tinto’s …

Education Talking Points 19-11-15

China found to have the most English-language international schools ISC Research, part of the International School Consultancy has found that there are now 8,000 English-language international schools world-wide. China has the most, at 526 and has also experienced the largest growth in the number of schools, adding 218 schools in four years since late 2011. …

Education Talking Points 12-11-2015

TAFE Directors call to freeze payments to risky private training colleges TAFE Directors in Australia have released a statement calling for a halt to funding of high-risk private training colleges, to prevent taxpayers and students from continuing to fund ‘unscrupulous training providers’. Read the full media release here. Quality Assurance Framework for International Education Agents …

Post Event Update: AustCham Beijing 2015 Education Forum

AustCham’s General Manager Nick Coyle, opened the 2015 Education Forum with greetings and brief remarks before introducing our first speaker, Katherine Vickers, Minister Counsellor, Education & Research at the Australian Embassy in Beijing. Katherine gave an overview of the Education & Research group at the Australian Embassy and the work that they do around China. …

Education Talking Points 05-11-2015

Date: Thursday, 5th November 2015   No crisis, no need for higher fees, says UNSW vice-chancellor Ian Jacobs (English) Source: Brisbane Times, 05 Nov 2015 Australia’s higher education system is not in crisis and there is no compelling case for students to pay more for a degree, the vice-chancellor of one of the nation’s most …

Education Talking Points 29-10-2015

Date: Thursday, 29th October 2015   How technology can overcome Australia’s (and the world’s) educational problems (English) Source: Brisbane Times, 28 Oct 2015 A recent report estimated that at least 250 million of the world’s primary school age children, in both developing countries and developed countries, are unable to read, write or do basic mathematics …