Category: <span>Education</span>

Australian breakthrough could turn regenerative medicine on its head Melbourne biologists have teamed up with British mathematicians to devise a computerized recipe for reprogramming adult cells. This new program eliminates the need to rewind cells to their embryonic stage before using them to fight disease. Senior author Jose Polo said the approach would massively accelerate …

The Australian has named the thirty most influential educators in Australia this year. Martin Riordan, CEO of AustCham Beijing member TAFE Directors Australia, has been included on the list at number 25. 25. MARTIN RIORDAN Not every lobby group boss takes the chance to get all scholarly, heading overseas for a month or three to …

A blessing from the sky for Curtin researchers Curtin University researchers have recovered a meteorite from outback South Australia on New Year’s Eve. The meteorite was originally seen falling in late November by locals. A group of camera observatories stationed across remote Australia, known as the Desert Fireball Network, captured the meteorites decent, and from …

Oxford University tackles cyber crime The University of Oxford has stepped up its fight against global cyber hackers after establishing its first foothold overseas in Melbourne. The research arm will work with the new Oceania Cyber Security Centre, which hopes to build a bridge between academic research and big businesses, including Australia’s largest banks and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

  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 …

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. …