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Can training providers weaned on government funding learn to think and act differently, asks John Mitchell. Seasoned players in the national VET sector are watching with interest the way training providers respond to the competitive agenda in Victoria, following the ...

Victoria and NSW are refusing to extend concession public transport fares to international students, despite calls from academics, students and business leaders for the two states to bring their practices in line with the rest of Australia. The Committee for ...

A greater understanding of the student experience will help higher education institutions attract and retain students, education experts told the 2009 Student Engagement Forum recently. The forum, hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and La Trobe University ...

What does the education revolution mean for educational research, asks Christine Halse. Now that the government’s budget and the accompanying white paper have put dollar figures to some of the education revolution rhetoric, it’s time to tackle the hard question: ...

Confident, articulate and motivated by career certainty – these have long been perceived to be the defining characteristics of the average law student, leading many academics to believe they have the package of skills required to succeed at university. But ...

Time is running out for a handful of the 24 Australian technical colleges (ATCs), with their representative association now disbanded and federal funding due to expire at the end of the year. The future of six of the 24 ATCs ...

School education is the success story in indigenous education, with slow but steady improvement in Year 12 completion rates, according to the ‘2009 overcoming indigenous disadvantage: key indicators report’ released at last week’s COAG meeting in Darwin.o a report released ...

Universities may have to wait beyond first semester next year before they can start charging the new services and amenities fee, with the enabling legislation still before the Senate. But the peak universities body believes that while the delay will ...