About TEQSA

I hope not one cent of Australian Taxpayers money finds its' way into the support of this Institution or into any of the people purporting to be part of it; and it continues as a private philanthropy.
There is a very good reason for having courses leading to Dip Ed, Dip Teach, Ass Dip (TAFE) and BA (TAFE) and that is the holders have completed a course in which classroom teaching experience plays an integral part.
The Learned Chancellor of this Institution does not possess any of the above qualifications, she has a relatively poor academic record of self-prolonged degrees in LLb and
Honorary Doctorates or Professorship do not substitute for knowledge or experience and should never be the basis of any Academic appointment.

One day, they might erect some memorial gates in cyberspace to the online education pioneer with the inscription "He touched us all".

http://www.news.com.au/national/disturbing-claims-of-abuse-heard-at-royal-commission-into-knox-grammar-school/story-fncynjr2-1227239701760

Regarding the above "...from Diploma’s through to MBA’s ...", apparently devoid of basic English language standards. Is this a sign that their Communications units will consider adopting the Chancellor's English, eg "hyperbowl", "dungeon"[dudgeon], "Taliband", "tenant" [tenet] etc?

Hi Michael,

advances in African education is a myth as far as I'm concerned. Gillard is affiliated with The Rockefeller Foundation who financed the scandalous Kinsey report back in the fifties which resulted in sex education in schools throughout the west.

This individual Kinsey has been accused of paedophilia and the people in his research were from the prison system in America and there are many more terrible accusations in the methods he used. His research was relied on by the judiciary throughout the west and has influenced sentencing laws also.

Rockefeller is said to do a lot of philanthropy in health and education and he is also a eugenicist. Not a nice man.

The documentary on you tube is called The Kinsey Syndrome and is lengthy but important. There is a lot of concern in the US at the moment about sex education in primary schools which is quite graphic and parents are becoming more outraged at the lack of cooperation from authorities.

I wonder what this fellow really means by " most innovative disruption " and if he lists who exactly are the global philanthropists.

I have heard John Howard make that statement in an interview, and it had nothing to do with teaching or education. I'm very sceptical of 'self funded' entities out of Africa. Zambia,doesn't sit well at all.

Its about time that we started means/asset/income testing all ex-prime ministers'/politicians taxpayer-funded pensions, just like everyone else.

Maybe this Matthew Jacobson is hoping for a generous donation like the $100 million taxpayer dollars Juliar philanthropically "gifted" the brown-nosed Labor toadies running the University of Adelaide the week before they bestowed a plastic, 'out-of-a-Corn-Flakes-packet' "Professor Doctorship" on her, together with a tenure for life?

I see that the learned philanthropist was allegedly "educated" at Bond University.

I still have a very strong recollection of the eponymous founder and patron of that august Institution, giving a very convincing impersonation of a gibbering, dribbling loon as he was carted into Court pleading insanity before his prison sentence some years ago.

This Jacobson seems to think that's a point in his favour, but then he does keep some strange company.

Does his C.V. also mention that he has recently become adept at gargling contact lenses from a glass left by a certain bed?

Michael, It seems as though Ducere produce the content and their affiliated TAFE and University partners, such as University of Canberra, deliver it.

University of Canberra information on the Ducere partnership

http://www.canberra.edu.au/coursesandunits/course?course_cd=293JA

Looks like a two year course (3 full time semesters) Fee for 2015 is $24,000

Michael, Like you I don't know how it works. However, could it be this way - the Global leaders donate their services to Ducere; Ducere then on-sell these services to the University or other partners like the Holmesglen Institute for a fee. The fee then goes to the Ducere Foundation for philanthropic donations in southern Africa. Of course, Ducere E-learning would deduct its operational costs.

Ducere is a donor of the Clinton Global Alliance foundation

http://ducere.co/updates-on-the-2014-clinton-global-initiative-from-duceres-founder-mathew-jacobson/

Donated $1,800,000 in 2014 for 250,000 books across Africa

https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/world-leaders-partner-deliver-250000-books-across-africa

There does seem to be close links between Ducere and The Clinton foundation

http://ducere.co/updates-on-the-2014-clinton-global-initiative-from-duceres-founder-mathew-jacobson/

The last Weekend Australian was enough for me too.

I gave up on all forms of the ABC a couple of years ago & now the Aus has taken the same path.

It is a sad day for democracy when the media loses its objectivity.

Too many "selfie stick" gen X ers with themselves as their own agenda...........

Good on you Maggie, I've said for ages that Murdoch's one sided bias and want of appointing and controlling the PM wasn't in the interest of Australia or democracy.

From the Ducere wikipedia page, it does seems the Foundation does much good work in educating young Africans. But always there is that underlying "progressive", leftist agenda.
Ducere is setting up many "Peace Centres" whereby
"Students learn about local and global issues, including: human rights, gender equality, persecution of children, child trafficking and slavery, racism and animal rights"

Another vehicle for "Progressive" indoctrination and Fabian advancement.

Sucking on the Government teat while laundering donations from other entities such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. George Soros et al are likely loitering in the shadows too. It's what they do when they are playing their social engineering games.

Forward Comrades.

I'd say its just a money laundering system John ,probably setup to wash the millions she set aside for the dodgey "Global education Partnership" scam that she also heads up with that other crook ,her bestie Chrisine Lagarde

Let me explain Ted. I like pattoh above gave up the ABC radio, tv and net several years ago and feel much better for not listening to their garbage. From what I read on respectable blogs ABC is now worse.
Also, be clear, I do not purchase or read any Fairfax publication.
After I gave up a lifetime (I'm 67) of ABC radio on in house and car from getting up in the morning 'til dinner at night I went to 6PR. I then gave up on that Fairfax radio about 2 years ago.
So Ted I'm gradually ridding my life of the scum.

You are awakening Maggie 47 as most people will do when they awaken turn off TV and stop reading lies as well this site is a sign of things to come as the internet is where the truth can be found as it is where all the lightworkers who seek the truth put there work as the Main stream media is dying out when no one watches the advertising will fade out and they will go broke but they will keep fighting for survival as long as there is a audience. I turned off the TV probably last year so I get my news from the internet now it is because we also don't need to be fed crap when in our minds we know the truth so don't need the opinions of the bias media.. These media personalities will be fighting for their survival as well as the companies shrink this could take a while as there is no time limit on this as it depends on each individual waking up and realizing they are being fed bullshit.

They can have Gillard because they are so desperate to. The good news is that she's no longer the prime minister, & she's out of our lives.

You are an idiot.

Michael,

Only another left-thinking think-tank, with the end result going to kids in Africa, yeah sure.

Seeker of truth has the names add Gillard and we have the best of the left.

The more I hear of this, add the farce with Slipper, what a country we live in.

I feel ill.

If this character is scrounging for cash, the members of the H.S.U. (the lowest-paid unionists in Australia) are ALWAYS good for the odd $20 million or so - and you don't even need to pay it back.

Just ask Mike Williamson, or Bull Shitten or Ged Kearney, the well-known "working man's friends".

It was discussed on The Pickering Post last week. Initially the Howard Government donated $25million in 2006 for a four year period to the Clinton Foundation to work in partnership with them to deliver treatment and care for people living with HIV/Aids in PNG, Vietnam and China and other Asian Pacific countries. It was done by way of a Memorandum of Understanding.

http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/corporate/annual-reports/australian-agency-for-international-development-annual-report-2005-2006/pdf/anrep05_06section02.pdf

It appears that after the intial 4 year period expired in 2010, the Gillard government renewed the partnership arrangement with the Clinton Foundation and its off-shoot Clinton Health Access Initiative, and committed another $25million from the AusAid budget for its HIV/Aids program. The partnership is due to expire sometime in 2016.

http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org/about/leadership/Sarthak-Das

Recently the Clinton Foundation has been caught up in the HSBC secret Swiss bank accounts scandal, with many of its big donors hiding their money away in these HSBC accounts.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/10/hillary-clinton-foundation-donors-hsbc-swiss-bank

I don't know what his religion is but it is surprising how many people rich and/or prominent people are. Bill Gates is, as are his parents, Ted Turner who once owned CNN who ( hypocritically) has about eight kids, another one is Obama's science advisor John P Holdren who is a fanatic and has written and advised the UN.

This historian talks about Holdren's dangerous ideas.

http://youtu.be/ls2j3aI_lRw

"Ass Dip"? Is that Gillard's degree?

I promise that the Porcine Aviation Society will not offer any opposition to your enterprise. Perhaps some of our aviators will offer to drop leaflets for you.

The Chancellor had one moment of honesty when she fell face first into the turf in India. Had it not been so early in her career of mendacity her nose would have grown to the point she would still be pinned to that hallowed turf.

I was being facetious, as is my won't 😉

Ducere make 9k per diploma sold, that's taking out the government loan fee for the VET FEE Loan scheme, which is what most students use (Paid back in tax after earning 53K annually). A dual diploma is worth 15k, crazy stuff considering they are selling online education. Which most students don't complete and have a debt hanging over their heads. Considering that the certificate itself is worth about $50 thats a pretty impressive turn over for he company.
They work with partnering tafes to "educate" the students (send their modules to their ducere account). The company is ridiculous, they have no structure, they are quite happy to sign up old invalids if they can get a sale.
Asaf Katz the Director has already ran 2 businesses into the ground, he's off to another good start with this one.
Its all okay though when your family is one of the wealthiest in the country and money fixes everything.
Ducere doesn't care about education, they care about revenue. The "faculty" are successful people, but really have no point as they feature for 5 minutes a video and they don't provide any substance, just rich people talking about being rich.

This company is what happens when your parents give you too much money.

I wonder how good and true they can be if they don't pay their staff and manipulate contracts on enrollment advisors.

Ducereyoudidn't,

Can you please make contact with us at [email protected]

Thankyou.

The Project team.
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Hi Guys,

Sorry, I checked lately. Guys are you still working on this.

Ducker is something to be suspicious about. Nothing really makes sense here. How can it be "disrupting" the education industry but partner with University of Canberra?

And to me their "MBAs" sound more like an entrepreneurial course. Which is an entirely different proposition. They seem to charge the same as all the universities. Why would anyone have a Ducere "MBA" (which is barely a real degree), when they can get an MBA at a more established and reputable institution. The CEO, all their staff and the Director of MBA are not academics. Not of them have postgraduate degrees except for in Ducere MBA itself. That seems strange, for a institution thats wanting to offer MBAs. They are just another shifty company offering and "MBA" course that has no weight. It's difficult to know what the CEO/Founder's background is. If all he is an entrepreneur, then thats also a little weird. He seems to be all about the money.

And this "charity" called Ducere Foundation. I looked into that and seems like a tax evasion thing to me. Probably because Ducere is not a registered university, they can't be tax deductible, so they have set up a not for profit to get tax deductibility. Nothing genuine there.

In fair ethical response to opposition here. We see Former Prime Minister as a Chancellor of Ducere like many of the academics that the course represents, such as Nobel Prize Winners, Professors, and also established business entrepreneurs who have made significant impact on the world for the greater good. The concept of how this can help young aspiring businessmen and academics alike with a pathway into second year University demonstrates how the price tag / value of the course holds up.

As with any genuine HECS-HELP program, this is an opportunity for young nuclear families or also transnational actors to encompass the core skills and proponents required to graduate and collaborate with like-minded scholars who either wish to move into University of Canberra, UniSA, etc... or alternatively demonstrate the ethos necessary to bring value to what a career of that 'price tag' and furthermore can achieve. Being that most of the established teachers are utilizing their objective and pragmatic approaches to success, helps prepare the student for the forefront of greater responsibility.

This is all said and done in a figurative sense, as I can only demonstrate my own ethos through testimony, which is the 'weakest of the topoi', however, in not even doing the course yet representing it, I can ascertain that my University degree in a physical institution (Being UniSA) has provided me opportunities and goals which I have succeeded in, such as having research of mine facilitated across Harvard, Yorke, and the Global 21; Achieving Parliamentary entry into the House of Representatives to represent a Development Policy for a Sustainable Australia; and even unification with stakeholders of endorsed brands which seek financial gain to help ameliorate the economy and environment through tactical business entrepreneurialship.

In short, I can demonstrate the usefulness of this course without even taking it. It helps the aforementioned into facilities and strengthens their ethos and empowerment to accomplish great things that have a prolific effect on comparative cultures and countries.

It is.
Mr Smith didn't do his research.

I am currently studying with Ducere doing a Bachelor of Applied Social Entrepreneurship. They are able to offer bachelor programs due to their connection with University of Canberra.
Essentially, Ducere provides all the content, lecturers, and facilitates everything, and all assessments are cross marked by Uni of Canberra staff.
I am a registered student of University of Canberra and all of my final grades are release through them. When I first started the degree I was worried about the legitimacy, but it has turned out to
be one of the best decisions. I just wanted to set some of the facts straight. The staff at Ducere have been nothing but professional and consistent. The lecturers and unit academics are equally so and enthusiastic
about the subjects they teach. Everyone I have been taught by so far actually has experience in business in the real world beyond academia

Also studied there. 100% agree with you. Marketing sham. Shame on them. The Big Data section had not been updated for 6 years, despite updating links being easily sourced. Extremely bad attitude to education. Not there for the education they provide but the funds they derive from it. Utterly Appalled.