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ACPET has brandished two reports to support its push for inclusion in demand-driven higher education funding. But some of their claims need fleshing out. John Ross reports. Private higher education providers will need to be brought into the demand-driven system ...

The peak university and TAFE bodies have teamed up in outlining the boundaries of the emerging tertiary sector. John Ross reports. A unified set of national tertiary education protocols should be established, allowing for a single approval process for higher ...

An admissions test for non-school leavers has found to be a robust predictor of ability to study at university. But there are claims it’s being abused. Julie Hare reports. Amid controversy that the Special Tertiary Admission Test is being abused ...

The equity agenda is driving some interesting initiatives, but Sharon Bell wonders about the sincerity behind some of them. The second opening of the academy in Australia – a move from mass to universal entitlement to participation in higher education ...

The Productivity Commission will look at workforce issue in all education sectors from early childhood to VET. But what about higher education? Julie Hare reports. The vocational education and training sector will be the first cab off the rank in ...

Professor Ken Hawkins has been appointed DVC (international) of Central Queensland University. Hawkins is currently CEO of CMS (C Management Services), the wholly owned subsidiary of CQUniversity which manages international education services at the university’s Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Gold ...

Metallurgical engineer Professor Stephen Grano will lead the University of Adelaide’s new Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources. Grano comes to Adelaide from the Ian Wark Research Institute at UniSA, where he was research professor of minerals processing, having joined ...

An information management expert has been appointed as UWA’s new librarian and director (information management). Dr Mary Davies replaces John Arfield, who retired earlier this year after 14 years. Davies is currently the deputy chief information officer and director of ...

Are governments sending mixed messages to public providers, asks John Mitchell. Beginning about 18 months ago, when major reforms to VET were announced in Victoria, there were complaints among public providers that governments were sending them vague or mixed messages. ...

For all their ability to earn much more over the course of their working lives, new research shows university graduates are no happier than there young people who had undertaken an apprenticeship or trade, or even early school leavers. Darragh ...