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Government VET funding has failed to keep pace with inflation and student contact hours, and individuals and businesses are picking up an increasing proportion of the bill, according to a 10-year analysis of VET finances by the NSW Teachers Federation. ...

While training ministers prepared to consider operational models for national regulation of the VET system, at their meeting in Brisbane last week, their ministerial company was pushing its case for a place in the new arrangements. In a newsletter distributed ...

Are TAFE colleges capable of becoming more market-oriented, asks John Mitchell. While there is much public commentary about the negative impact of market reform policies on TAFE colleges, one option for TAFE colleges is to accept the policy shift and ...

The resignation of a senior academic reflects both the madness of economic rationalism and the self-serving motives of ordinary people, writes Henry Barnes. “It is well known that problem avoidance is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving ...

Having submitted his PhD thesis, Sean Perera finds parallels in the Book of the Dead. The all-consuming nature of PhD research leaves little of consequence to hold on to once the thesis is submitted. Feelings of worthlessness and lack of purpose ...

The federal government is to contribute $2 million to universities and non-government organisations for research projects to advance the ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) principle in Asia and the Pacific. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said he had co-chaired a ministerial gathering ...

The University of Western Australia will appeal to the High Court in a landmark case involving the ownership of intellectual property developed by its researchers. However, a legal expert has warned that the university’s chances of securing a favourable decision ...

Monash University has secured an additional $6.5 million each year for 10 years under a federal government housing scheme, while Holmesglen TAFE will receive $870,000 a year. Monash and Holmesglen, both in Melbourne, were the only two educational institutions out ...