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One of the sector's worst fears about the federal government's upcoming research workforce strategy seems well founded. The federal government's long-anticipated research workforce strategy will be released on April 19 - devoid of a funding commitment. Research and Innovation Minister ...

The ALTC has built a new website to inspire more sustainability themes in higher ed curricula. The Australian and Learning Teaching Council (ALTC) shows no signs of slowing down its activities, today launching a new website for the sector about ...

Students have backed the ACT's push for a concession card recognised by public transport operators throughout Australia. In what could become a back-door push to convince the two largest states to provide public transport concessions to international students, the ACT ...

In moves that could signal big changes to Australia's last major centralised TAFE system, the new O'Farrell government of NSW has dropped the term "training" from the name of a puffed-up education department and poached the architect of Victoria's market-based ...

Bureaucratic and ministerial changes in NSW will make VET more invisible than ever, say the Greens. Burying VET in a bureaucratic leviathan - and denying it naming rights - is the worst thing that could have happened to TAFE, according ...

TAFE directors say the 5000 RTOs in VET are a pool of unclassified entities. TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) is pushing for clear differentiation of provider categories under the recently established VET regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). In a ...

Mentor teachers receive little or no professional development for the role, says Melbourne's graduate education submission to the funding review. Practical placements are a vital part of all teacher education degrees, but they are under-funded and often poorly structured, says ...

Thousands sign petition to ask government to maintain medical research funding in May Budget. Within a week of its launch more than 7,500 people had signed an ipetition asking the Federal Government to scrap any plan it had to shave $400 ...

On-campus services will never again fall foul of a political argument about student unionism, if UA and the Go8 get their way. Student services and amenities could be safeguarded by mainstream government funding – averting the danger of another VSU-style ...

If the formula for allocating HEPPP funding does not adequately assess the true SES status of universities' student bodies, are the funds getting to the right institutions? Julia Gillard, in her present role as prime minister and previously as minister ...