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It’s all very well to wish for more postgraduate research students, but what do we know about those we’ve already got? The world needs a research agenda around widening its research agenda, a South Australia-based research expert told the Quality ...

A shift to more skilled migrants could leave little for local education and training providers, according to a top economic commentator. Migrants will become competitors more than customers of education and training institutions if the balance of skilled migration policy ...

Income-contingent loans need to be simple and well understood. But if Victoria’s TAFE experience is anything to go by we can’t assume students will sign up for them anyway. The ability of income-contingent loans to help encourage tertiary education participation ...

It’s publish or perish, more than ever, and the co-editor of a new book on the subject says it’s raising big challenges. The ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia) is exerting unprecedented pressure to publish, and it’s causing headaches for ...

Claims that the government has used the EIF to pork barrel funds into Labor electorates overlooks the simple fact that 75 per cent of universities are actually located in Labor electorates. Innovation minister Kim Carr has slammed claims that the ...

Increased fees, coupled with income-contingent loans, could be the only way forward for a stretched TAFE sector, writes John Ross. The Victorian government’s skills reforms are copping plenty of stick from the community, mostly over TAFE fee hikes. “Whatever happened ...

Computer scientist Professor Richard O Sinnott has been appointed as the eResearch Director for the University of Melbourne. Sinnott, who will take up his appointment in July 2010, will work in the university’s research portfolio and also hold an adjunct ...

What does industry currency really mean to VET practitioners, asks John Mitchell. The credibility of the VET sector hinges largely on whether the skills of its practitioners match the skills used in contemporary industry. But the industry currency of VET ...

Let’s consider letting non-permanent residents sign up for apprenticeships, says the shadow training minister. Australia should consider allowing migrants and overseas students to become apprentices, according to shadow training minister Mathias Cormann. “It would help ensure that training delivered to ...

This year’s VET Fulbright scholar has workforce development in his sights. If there is one thing that could put the education revolution on hold, it is the ageing workforce. Schools, VET and higher education are all facing an impending crisis ...