CAPA in the media
Federal Government’s Reality Check on RTS
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has welcomed the release of the Consultation Paper for informing the development of the Federal Government’s Research Workforce Strategy. The Consultation Paper follows directly from Building Australia's Research Capacity, the Final report from the 2008 House of Reps Inquiry into Research Training and Research Workforce Issues.
PhD students suffer from bullying supervisors
MIDWAY though her PhD, the anxious research student found herself on the receiving end of an unexpected - and unwelcome - level of interest from her supervisor, a departmental professor.
Research rules 'will promote bullying'
THE government's new research performance exercise will promote bullying and disputes over authorship as research students become more desperate to get published, the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations has warned.
Ombudsman to hear international student complaints
COAG has adopted Bruce Baird’s recommendation to extend the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s jurisdiction to international education. But other Baird recommendations remain in limbo. John Ross reports.
Australia urged to offer permanent residency to top PhD students
Source: Radio Australia
'Residency factory' colleges may be closed
THE man charged with reviewing
Levy plan targets high-risk colleges
COLLEGES assessed to be at the greatest risk of collapse would have to pay higher levies under a proposed overhaul of
The importance of independent representation
I had my first ever article published on the ABC The Drum site, which they titled A Foreign Despair.
My Uni site to put heat on: Gillard
EDUCATION Minister Julia Gillard has admitted her plans to publish information about the performance of every university online will place pressure on vice-chancellors and academic staff.
