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Australia’s national VET research centre is increasingly delving into the higher education world, as the integrated tertiary sector takes shape. Australia’s key VET research centre is broadening its role to embrace higher education, in a de facto response to the ...

The nation’s first ERA report has been delivered. Exactly how it will influence university research funding is the next unknown. What impact will last week’s Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) report have on the various federal funding streams that support ...

Rushed legislation for the national VET regulator could end up entrenching past problems, the AEU believes. The federal government has missed a chance to repair loopholes in vocational training by rushing its legislation for the national VET regulator, says the ...

Universities have largely accepted the nation’s first ERA report, but criticisms of its methodology persist. The first national assessment of research quality in Australian universities has not won the confidence of the very people it will affect most — university ...

To exceed, or not to exceed? John Ross tries to unravel the economics of growing past the cap. Milo Minderbinder, the obsessively entrepreneurial American mess officer in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, buys Maltese eggs for seven cents each and sells them ...

A single pathway cannot meet the needs of students who want post-secondary education writes Stuart Middleton I opened my Sunday paper the day before the start of the new school year to read the exciting statement in an advertisement for ...

Research needs to be driven by collaboration not competition writes Bruce Muirhead As an institution, universities have always existed as something of a paradox. Born out of the religious scholarly fervor of the Middle Ages, blooded among the humanist ideals ...

Sector and commentators must use the comprehensive data with integrity and precision writes Mike Calford. The announcement of the 2010 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) outcomes has generated significant interest and debate.  Despite some well-aired weaknesses in the process, the ...

Universities need to better advertise what assistance is available to students who are struggling financially, the National Union of Students says. The union has launched a nationwide survey to determine how much financial pressure students are under in response to ...

Annualised growth in the higher education industry has been revised down to 2.8 per cent from the 3.2 per cent rise expected between 2006-2011. Projected revenue is also down to $22.1 billion from the $27.5 billion forecast last year. The ...