Campus Review Volume 26. Issue 2 | Page 3
CONTENTS
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NEWS
POLICY & REFORM
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12 Rethink workforce woes
The case for ATAR reform
TAFE takeover plan draws fire
Skills gap or skills mismatch?
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Hands-on learning delivers
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Former UoW chief’s gift
INDUSTRY & RESEARCH
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Unis take on sexual assault
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USYD looks into guilty verdicts
14 Paucity of opportunity
Disadvantaged less likely to
enter uni, even with top marks
ON CAMPUS
22 How institutions engage
Community remains critical
FACULTY FOCUS
24 Careers in vogue
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20 War of words
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State of the art: UTAS’s
$90 million culture hub
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
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New challenge from overseas
Australia’s foreign student
boom faces major new threat
15 Restructure the deal
Aim to deliver better value for
infrastructure investment
VC’s CORNER
16 Regional appeal
Essential contributions from
far outside our cities
VET & TAFE
10 Less of the same
Embracing cultural differences
key to value in foreign study
Fashion graduates flood
crowded market
25 Milking it
Unis cash in on teaching
degrees – at what cost?
WORKFORCE
26 Proceed with caution
Rise of the trigger warning
18 Human cost of shonky training
Opinion: Streamlined courses
can be fatal
28 On the move
Latest in staff appointments
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