Media Releases 2005

December

Joyce amendment has AVCC support (53/05) (9 December 2005)   PDF Version

Fate of student services at Australia's universities in Senate's hands (52/05) (7 December 2005)   PDF Version

Rational approach on student services and amenities Bill needed (51/05) (5 December 2005)   PDF Version

Demand for undergraduate places exists (50/05) (1 December 2005)   PDF Version

October

AVCC releases quality assurance statement (49/05) (25 October 2005)   PDF Version

AVCC looks to Dr Nelson to respond to universities' issues with RQF (48/05) (12 October 2005)   PDF Version

HEWRRs legislation not urgent (47/05) (11 October 2005)   PDF Version

AVCC Board of Directors (46/05) (7 October 2005)   PDF Version

September

China and Australia renew Agreement to strengthen cooperation and collaboration (45/05) (14 September 2005)   PDF Version

AVCC welcomes EAG Report (44/05) (9 September 2005)   PDF Version

August

Senator speaks sense on student services (43/05) (22 August 2005)   PDF Version

Latest AVCC RQF proposal will stimulate constructive discussion (42/05) (17 August 2005)   PDF Version

Last chance for compromise (41/05) (11 August 2005)   PDF Version

July

AVCC disappointed by the announcement to abolish the ARC Board (40/05) (15 July 2005)   PDF Version

Joint statement: Australian and German university sectors (39/05) (13 July 2005)   PDF Version

Student to teacher ratio decreases for the first time in 10 years (38/05) (12 July 2005)   PDF Version

Autonomy on the agenda in Europe (37/05) (11 July 2005)   PDF Version

June

ACER report dispels mistruths (36/05) (30 June 2005)   PDF Version

A university education: an individual right and a national benefit (35/05) (27 June 2005)   PDF Version

AVCC report strenghthens call for a compromise (34/05) (24 June 2005)   PDF Version

Finally realistic student income support to become a priority (33/05) (23 June 2005)   PDF Version

Support for student scholarships Bill (32/05) (21 June 2005)   PDF Version

Government must see sense before gutting student services (31/05) (17 June 2005)   PDF Version

20,000 Australians still miss out on a university place in 2005 (30/05) (10 June 2005)   PDF Version

AVCC hosts Higher Education Roundtable at World Expo (29/05) (6 June 2005)   PDF Version

Universities enter licence agreement with music societies (28/05) (6 June 2005)   PDF Version

May

Research Quality Framework National Stakeholder Forum (27/05) (31 May 2005)   PDF Version

Refining not Re-defining Australian university offshore quality (26/05) (30 May 2005)   PDF Version

A Framework for protecting Quality and ensuring Diversity (25/05) (26 May 2005)   PDF Version

Rethink required (24/05) (25 May 2005)   PDF Version

Room to move, Room to excel (23/05) (25 May 2005)   PDF Version

A model Research Quality Framework (22/05) (11 May 2005)   PDF Version

Budget confirms previous commitments (21/05) (10 May 2005)   PDF Version

CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund welcomed by universities (20/05) (9 May 2005)   PDF Version

April

Universities singled out for workplace reforms (19/05) (29 April 2005)   PDF Version

Australian and Brazilian universities to sign MOU (18/05) (27 April 2005)   PDF Version

AVCC and Dr Nelson meet with Chilean Ministry (17/05) (22 April 2005)   PDF Version

Lack of indexation will impact on the quality of Australian universities (16/05) (19 April 2005)   PDF Version

Australian universities forging links with Latin America (15/05) (18 April 2005)   PDF Version

Universities proactive in best practice standards of offshore quality (14/05) (12 April 2005)   PDF Version

Reaffirming the quality of offshore programs (13/05) (8 April 2005)   PDF Version

March

AVCC welcomes report (12/05) (31 March 2005)   PDF Version

Framework will show research's high quality and impact (11/05) (29 March 2005)   PDF Version

Female staff numbers increasing in Australian Universities (10/05) (18 March 2005)   PDF Version

Voluntary student associations to deter international students (09/05) (17 March 2005)   PDF Version

University services set to fall apart (08/05) (16 March 2005)  PDF Version

Universities are open to competition in higher education and protective of their good name (07/05) (2 March 2005)  PDF Version

February

AVCC to support House of Representatives Committee on Teacher Education Inquiry (06/05) (17 February 2005)  PDF Version

AVCC Submission to the Review into the impact of ABSTUDY Policy Changes that Came into Effect in 2000 (05/05) (16 February 2005)  PDF Version

Easier access to University due to increased target load (04/05) (4 February 2005)  PDF Version

University research Income - Growing for the Future (03/05) (4 February 2005)  PDF Version

AVCC comment on Government's research quality framework discussion paper (02/05) (1 February 2005)  PDF Version

January

More university opportunities available for more Australians (01/05) (20 January 2005)  PDF Version

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