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It's almost there but not quite, stakeholders will tell government as they respond to national regulator proposals. By Annette Blackwell. A sticking point for universities as negotiations continue with the government on the soon-to-be-introduced Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency ...

The higher education sector might not be too happy with the TEQSA legislation, but TAFE bodies want it used as a template for the national VET regulator. By John Ross. A national VET regulator (NVR) created under the federal government’s ...

Details of the highly anticipated 2011 research blocks grants to 41 Australian universities have been released. By Susan Woodward. Unsurprisingly, the Group of Eight universities are the biggest winners in the 2011 round of research block grants, announced last week ...

Hacking and the risks of information theft are being treated as a clear and present danger on Australian campuses as more and more information is kept online. By Annabel McGilvray. When the University of Sydney’s homepage was replaced with a ...

Industrial action at Macquarie University is under way as pay negotiations are delayed. By Natasha Egan. Students at Macquarie University face a quiet first week on campus as academic staff plan to stay away from classes after pay negotiations stalled. ...

The youth allowance review will see inner and outer regional students getting the same deal – but it probably won’t be the current deal. By John Ross. People should not assume the youth allowance review will end up giving inner ...

The government didn’t review the ALTC before deciding to scrap it, an estimates committee has heard. By John Ross The $38 million in savings from the scrapping of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council is “a rounding error” compared to ...

Offshore student visa applications have returned to early 2000s levels, with the latest figures suggesting most new overseas students this year won’t be coming from overseas. By John Ross. When a human is starving to death, the body starts consuming ...

Commentators say a training levy would not have improved low apprenticeship completion rates. And some aren’t convinced they are all that low anyway. By John Ross. The federal government was right to rule out an employer levy to help finance ...

Employers won’t face a levy to pay for reforms to the apprenticeship system. But they may lose their incentive payments – and their entitlement to take on apprentices and trainees in the first place. By John Ross. Employers would have ...