Pushed by schools and squeezed by universities, TAFEs have to keep demonstrating their relationship to workforces in a changing VET environment
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Rankings story rankles
Objective measurements, while valuable, do not capture the entire “variance” or “look and feel” or “performance” of a University writes Paul W Thurman.
More »Ambitious Adelaide big hurdles to jump
Adelaide is positioning itself to be a university city but it needs across-the-board political will and a degree of "coolness" to happen, writes Malcolm King. There is no comparison between the Anglo face of Adelaide 30 years ago and the ...
More »What needs to happen in aged care
The way employers engage recognised training must be addressed, a policy expert says
More »DEEWR stays silent on roundtable
Department under fire for lack of transparency on student complaints
More »Will caps-off system set students up to fail?
The demand-driven model could backfire and leave students in a training limbo, says the boss of a VET college.
More »Research the ‘wrong’ priority
Teaching, not research, should be the main province of a university, says Adrian Lee
More »Blogging beyond the journals
Blogging is a two-way process for academic Steven Wheeler, one he says enables him to engage with readers and students far more quickly than via traditional journals.
More »Back to the drawing board for science education
Getting school children to imagine what they think the universe – or a molecule – looks like makes for a better learning experience, Deakin researchers have found.
More »Auditors give UNSW top marks
AUQA auditors have saved their final praise for the University of New South Wales.
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