Higher Education Legislation

Base Funding Review “in right direction”, but postgraduates lose out

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) welcomed today’s release of the Base Funding Review led by Professor Lomax-Smith. “The twenty-nine recommendations put forward are predominantly sound and cover a breadth of issues,” said National President John Nowakowski. “Ultimately, the Review shows that whilst the Government has been moving in the right direction, there’s still a lot more funding needed to adequately support studies nationally.”

Government Demands Universities Consult with Students over Amenities Fee

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) is pleased with the announcement today of the draft Representation Protocols for the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). “This Government has shown it is highly receptive to student input, and is ensuring that Universities have the same responsibilities,” stated National President, John Nowakowski.

Student say essential to student amenities bill – Media Release

“What is Universities Australia afraid of?!” was the cry from National President, John Nowakowski, in response to this morning’s Australian article on the Student Services and Amenities Fee Bill. John Nowakowski, President of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, representing the 300,000+ postgraduate students nationally, was incensed to read that Universities Australia was afraid the situation would be unworkable should amendments be passed to provide student say over student affairs.

Funding an important win for postgraduates

The Gillard government today had the first reading of the Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011, and it has a number of important wins for the sector.

“With the growing number of people attending university for tertiary education, we are glad to see the bill highlights all postgraduate coursework degrees as well” said John Nowakowski, Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations National President. “The new measures will help more students access FEE-HELP and participate in education.”

FASTS hiring communications and research officer (Canberra based)

Submitted by Jessica Payne on Thu, 2008-05-29 17:06

We are restructuring the office arrangements at FASTS and will be creating a new position for a communications and research officer. Please forward this position description to anyone who you think may be interested.

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Inquiry into Research Training and Research Workforce Issues in Australian Universities




The House of Representatives Industry, Science and Innovation Committee
has announced an inquiry into the contribution that Australian
universities make to Australian research training, and the challenges
those universities face in recruiting, training and retaining quality
research staff. 

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
Postgrads and Mid-Career Researchers Top Agenda in ALP Launch

    
    
    
    

      
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has applauded higher education policy announcements by the ALP today.  “The higher education sector needs a long term vision to reverse 11 years of neglect.  All of the opposition parties have now made pubic investment in education a priority.  The ALP have confirmed the link between education, equity, opportunity and long term prosperity in Australia” CAPA President, Nigel Palmer said.

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
CAPA Welcomes Greens’ Vision for Higher Ed

    
    
    
    

      
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has welcomed higher education policy announcements issued today by The Greens.  “Taking action on Indigenous participation, a focus on university communities (fixing VSU) and the plight of casually employed teaching and research staff are highlights of The Greens’ Higher Education policy released today” CAPA President, Nigel Palmer said. 


CAPA welcomes the long term vision found in The Greens Higher Education Policy.  Other significant policy statements outlined by The Greens today include:

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
Review of the National Governance Protocols (Joint Committee on Higher Education)

    
    
    
    

      
The National Governance Protocols were implemented under the Federal Government’s reforms in higher education and became effective in June 2004.  The Protocols were to improve governance practices at universities by providing standards to ensure that governing bodies were effectively overseeing the operations of universities.

    


        

          

    
        

          

      


  




  

    
        
VSU One Year On

    
    
    
    

      
A new report by the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has established that, one year after implementation, voluntary student unionism (VSU) has resulted in a critical diminution of service delivery and significant loss of staff and representative capacity in postgraduate student organisations across university campuses.

    


        

          

    
      


  


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