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Who wins when employers, not providers, access government funds for training? By John Mitchell There is so much controversy surrounding VET policy that it is difficult to look with fresh eyes upon any policy initiative that previously has attracted debate ...

  The winds of change are blowing through the corridors of higher education, bringing with it a greater awareness and activism. By Sandra Harding It might be just me, but I think I can detect a changing mood when it ...

  How students are learning at university is being shaken up, with the future looking brighter than ever. By Louis White Try spending 10 minutes of your normal working day without being influenced by technology in some way. Hard, isn’t ...

  Despite concerns, Kim Carr is careful to avoid talk of reintroducing admissions caps. By Antonia Maiolo The new Minister for Higher Education, Kim Carr, has not clarified whether he will reintroduce university enrolment caps, despite signalling the need to ...

  Swinburne Online’s teaching staff rarely meet physically, but still maintain their support networks Swinburne University of Technology’s distance-learning arm, Swinburne Online, has staff that are based solely online, like its students. Physically these eLearning Advisors (eLAs) are based around ...

  Universities Australia has joined the chorus of opposition to proposed education tax-break changes The number of paying postgraduate students may drop by up to 30 per cent in just four years if the government pushes through with its proposals ...

  Leaders of the country’s most respected research academies and institutions are banding together to call for non-partisan support for long-term scientific research policy. By Aileen Macalintal When Nobel Laureate professor Brian Schmidt and the president of Association of Australian ...

Universities that perform better in research do not necessarily provide better teaching, a new report by the Grattan Institute argues.   The report, taking university teaching seriously, says that as higher education enrolments increase, much more attention needs to be ...

  A free Australian cyber security course is helping students gain one of the industry’s most respected IT qualifications. More than 6500 students from around the world signed up for Charles Sturt University’s free cyber security course that could otherwise ...

  A lobbying effort by those at the heart of international education in the lead-up to the federal election is zeroing in on the key issues. By Phil Honeywood The international education sector has, in the past, provided a well-documented ...