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There’s more danger than hope in this month’s election, according to the peak postgraduate body. There are two big dangers on August 21, according to the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA). One is that Labor could win the election, ...

A recent paper on Australia’s research workforce offers a genuinely creative opportunity to rethink the ideal research worker, writes Sharon Bell. The federal government’s discussion paper ‘Meeting Australia’s research workforce needs: A consultation paper to inform the development of the ...

Most VET leaders are risk averse, but Larry Smith argues the skills that are encouraged in them are not the appropriate ones for the complex and challenging world they now inhabit. In an environment characterised by devolved business responsibility, increased ...

Will TAFE institutes become subservient in a tertiary system, asks John Mitchell. In recent weeks, several vice-chancellors have spoken out about the future of TAFE institutions and seem to have expressed two points of view. The first, articulated by David ...

While officials rail against an education-migration ‘nexus’, they’re unfairly connecting the two in the processing of student visas, according to the peak TAFE body. Political parties should keep migration issues out of the regulation of student visas, according to TAFE ...

The University of Melbourne has appointed two senior staff to help lead the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Music. Associate Professor Su Baker has been appointed director of the VCA, and Professor Gary McPherson director of ...

Australian National University physicist Professor Ken Baldwin has been honoured for his research into precision measurement with the awarding of this year’s Barry Inglis Medal. The medal acknowledges achievement in measurement research and excellence in practical measurements in Australia.

A financial economist noted for heading an award-winning cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship education program in the UK has been appointed dean of La Trobe University’s Faculty of Law and Management. Since 2007, Professor Leigh Drake has been dean of Nottingham University Business ...

Sydney Institute has appointed David Riordan as its institute director. Riordan has over 26 years experience working in the VET, higher education, schools and corporate sectors. After managing, on behalf of TAFE NSW, the project to train the workforce of ...

Former senior Commonwealth public servant, Neville Stevens has been appointed chair of the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) committee. Stevens is chair of NICTA and ac3. He worked in the Australian Public Service for 30 years, including five years as deputy ...