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Resistance to TAFE students coming into university courses often comes from staff not from the university hierarchies. By Annette Blackwell. There is a growing awareness among students of articulation and credit transfer opportunities between the vocational education and training sector ...

Two Chinese-born researchers have achieved world-class status while working in Australia and collaborating with their countrymen. Now China is enticing them to give back even more. By Susan Woodward. Two world-renowned Deakin University researchers have been named on a list ...

The Senate has put the brakes on the legislation to establish the national VET regulator – and COAG has thrown an extra spanner in the works. By John Ross. The launch of the national VET regulator has been delayed by ...

UK government funding for university teaching has slumped so low that Oxford and Cambridge could be better off without it. But they still want the government’s research grants. The UK’s top-ranked university has reportedly threatened to ‘go private’ over dissatisfaction ...

Some wish it packed a bit more punch, but a new research integrity committee has been mostly welcomed. By Susan Woodward. The Gillard government has billed it as a sure way to check researcher misconduct at universities.But others say a ...

Universities need to lift their game on industry and community research, says the Victorian government’s tertiary education adviser. By John Ross. Universities need to develop five-year community engagement plans and to appoint senior executives with stand-alone responsibilities for "third stream" ...

International education has entered a recycled phase, with overseas enrolments increasingly sourced from people already studying here. By John Ross. About two in five international enrolments are now recycled former students rather than fresh overseas arrivals, figures from the Department ...

The opposition’s attempt to wind back youth allowance reforms may succeed, despite government protests that it’s unconstitutional. The seemingly never-ending political stoush over the youth allowance has entered uncharted constitutional waters, as the federal government tries to prevent the opposition ...

A Perth meeting has heard it is good strategy to keep Australian-Indonesian lines of communication open. By Jeff Li and Annette Blackwell. Just as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was proposing Australia halt aid to Indonesian educators, language experts were gathering ...

Executive remuneration a target in NTEU action against Newcastle. By Natasha Egan. The National Tertiary Education Union has forced the University of Newcastle to reveal executive salaries under NSW freedom of information legislation, and the union expects many more requests ...