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Australia won’t fix its skills system by simply throwing lots of money at it, according to an alliance of unions, business and specialist training organisations which has called for VET providers to be funded more realistically. The National Skills Policy ...

Is it possible for training providers to craft effective strategies amid the current economic turbulence, asks John Mitchell. Chief executives of training providers broadly agree that this is the most tumultuous period VET has ever experienced. Typically they point out ...

On a quirky US website called Wisegeek, the tortured ritual of the performance review/appraisal/work plan (let’s call it the PR) is seen as a continuation of an assessment culture that occurs in high schools. “These early experiences of being graded ...

Australian university libraries have joined a worldwide coalition of library associations to press publishers of academic serials and other online content into restraining prices during the global economic crisis. The librarians have also foreshadowed tough retaliatory measures if publishers’ prices ...

A study of 1400 students at Edith Cowan University has reinforced the importance of staff support in achieving student progress and retention. It follows the release two weeks ago of a national student engagement survey showing disturbingly low levels of ...

Bonus extended to postgraduates A one-off $950 Training and Learning Bonus payment will be extended to most postgraduate students. Under existing criteria [[Story code:15-230209]], many postgraduates were deemed ineligible because their taxable income, excluding their Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs), was ...

The launch last month of the World Digital Library brings a dazzling collection of cultural treasures within everyone’s reach. These range from San rock paintings in South Africa dating back perhaps 6000 years to a photograph of Richard Nixon meeting ...