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  The certainty and simplicity of the old apprenticeship model has become a tangled mess. By Stuart Middleton It was easy once. Young people wanting to learn a trade would typically leave school (often as soon as they were allowed) ...

International education faces one key problem: The voting public, politicians, and civil servants do not understand who we are, or where we fit in. By Phil Honeywood Despite a lack of understanding of the major issues the industry faces, a ...

There wasn’t much in the way of good news for universities, even before the 2013 budget was handed down. By Mardi Chapman In the wash-up of the 2013 budget, treasurer Wayne Swan delivered relatively little to universities in the way ...

The rise of massive open online courses has created wide mainstream interest in online higher education technologies. By Andrew Norton In its October 29, 2012 edition, Time magazine published a cover story on ‘reinventing college’, asking if online technology could ...

Increased public funding for higher education is at the top of the Greens election agenda. The Australian Greens have said they will reverse the $2.3 billion cut to university funding, Greens leader, senator Christine Milne, has said, during a national ...

Casualisation of the workforce is “the dirty little secret of university expansion”, the National Tertiary Education Union told the public parliamentary hearings into insecure employment bill. The union, speaking at the parliamentary hearing in Victoria last Friday, said the Fair ...

Forecasts say the nursing workforce will soon be in crisis, so why can’t nursing grads get jobs? By Antonia Maiolo The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) estimates that only half of the nurses that graduated in South Australia last year have been ...

Fewer people are starting an apprentice or traineeship, the latest early trend estimates for trade and non-trade commencements shows. Estimates, released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Apprentices and Trainees 2013 – early trend estimates, March quarter, ...

Disadvantaged students will be hardest hit by federal plans to cut $2.8 billion in funding from higher education, according to senior university staff. By Antonia Maiolo Victoria University (VU) reported it stands to lose up to $4.4 million a year ...

 As the pace of change accelerates in our workplaces, we must make sure we are skilling up in ways that are going to match future needs. By Philip Bullock It’s never been easy to predict which skills and qualifications are ...