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Adelaide Uni business dean
Verity EdwardsThe University of Adelaide has appointed Mark Gabbott dean of the Adelaide Business School.
Nobel scientist slams Brexit
The TimesOne of the four British scientists awarded a Nobel prize this week has said he is considering renouncing his citizenship because of Brexit.
College collapse as VET scrapped
KYLAR LOUSSIKIANOne of the country’s largest private colleges has collapsed just days after moves to scrap the VET loan scheme.
The rise of the staffer brat
In today’s High Wired we are dumbfounded by the rise of the political staffer brat.
Brothers operating after raids
RICK MORTONSuspended brothers Mohammad and Ibrahim Omar are still operating a network of training organisations around Australia.
‘I’m not very smart’: Nobel winner
AFPThe winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry says he pays his taxes and therefore can’t be very “smart”.
UniSA wins Korean culture hub
JULIE HAREUniSA has won the right to establish a King Sejong Institute, the Korean equivalent of China’s Confucius Institutes.
Bulldozers at the ready
In today’s High Wired, we cross our fingers as Birmo sends the bulldozers in to raze the rotten VET FEE—HELP scheme
Rorts ‘fed bogus childcare boom’
RICK MORTONThe rush to get training certificates for the family daycare sector was fuelled by a $6bn fraud of the VET sector.
Change to target women’s courses
JULIE HAREWomen are likely to be the unwitting casualties of the Turnbull’s government’s revamped VET loans scheme.
Prize for molecular machines
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last night for developing the world’s smallest machines.
‘Youth bulge’ to mass movement
CHRIS EIGELANDThere is an opportunity in front of us to unlock the potential in young people all around the world.
$6bn vocational loan fiasco ends
JULIE HARE, KYLAR LOUSSIKIANEducation Minister Simon Birmingham will today move to shut the rort-ridden VET FEE-HELP student loans scheme.
Music school to stretch lifeline
JULIE HAREInterim school head Malcolm Gillies says the funds would ‘put the school right back where it needs to be’.
US finds freedom limits in China
KYLAR LOUSSIKIAN, in ChicagoA report from the US Government Accountability Office highlights Chinese restrictions on academic freedom.
Dustman for cells wins Nobel
A Japanese scientist has won the Nobel prize in medicine for showing how cells recycle their garbage.
‘Talking the talk’ on air safety
JENNINE KHALIKNative English-speaking airline workers have a responsibility to help non-native speakers, a new book claims.
Helpful staff aid retention
JULIE HAREJapanese and Australian students are less likely to drop out of university if they have strong ties to teaching staff.
Push to expand incentive
JULIE HAREProposed changes to the R&D tax concession increase incentives for business-research institution collaboration.
Female talent wasted
CONRAD LIVERISTo have a gap in realising women’s opportunity is a stain on the industry.
