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TAFEs have staked their claim to share the emerging tertiary landscape, with a $572 million pre-budget submission. Hot on the heels of Universities Australia’s bid for an extra $881 million in higher education spending, Australia’s TAFEs have staked their claim ...

Learning outcomes project aims to get to grips with international teaching comparisons. An international study will measure and compare learning outcomes at universities around the world – and could provide the “missing link” for university rankings. The Organisation for Economic ...

The federal government has listed the stalled reforms to the student income support system as one of its 10 “key accomplishments” in a progress report on its higher education revolution.ncrease their enrolments by up to 10 per cent over their ...

The VRQA has begun listing training provider cancellations and suspensions on its website – the first state or territory to do so. Over 60 registered training organisations (RTOs) in Victoria have had their registrations cancelled or suspended during the current ...

Overseas enrolments will be further affected by the latest changes to skilled migration, likely to shift the focus from a long list of skills to sponsored jobs and health and resource sector occupations. A tightened skilled occupations list (SOL) is ...

TAFE NSW campuses close this Thursday – just three days after they opened after the summer break. TAFE NSW students face disruption this week – the first week of classes for 2010 – with no end in sight to the ...

Does it matter if VET practitioners don’t keep up with changing technologies, asks John Mitchell The worldwide fanfare that surrounded the launch of Apple’s new iPad makes it difficult for educators to calmly reflect on the possible educational implications of ...

Virtually every piece of university life is micromanaged beyond recognition these days. Joseph Gora advises just to get out of the house. One of my more genuinely learned academic colleagues once said to a gaggle of alleged social scientists – ...

Online intro Tasmania has upgraded its own version of the training guarantee, pledging government-supported places for all retrenched workers. Tasmania has taken a leaf out of the book of its northern neighbour, guaranteeing government-funded VET places for young people and ...

Quebec looks to entice Australia’s lost Indian students with offers of citizenship. Quebec has played its strong hand in a bid to attract Indian students disaffected by reports of violence and college closures in Australia. Quebec premier Jean Charest, leading ...