Pushed by schools and squeezed by universities, TAFEs have to keep demonstrating their relationship to workforces in a changing VET environment
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NSW seeking legal advice on school fee charges
Concern is growing that international students and skilled workers are being treated unfairly under an international convention.
More »Work experience is what international students want
Many international student graduates are applying for permanent residency when all they really want is work experience.
More »End of the line
Columnist Richard Hil takes a look at what can happen if academics are pushed too far by endless change and mounting regulation After years of complaining bitterly about excessive workloads, stress, over-regulation, diminished status and poor pay compared to workers ...
More »Crime report contradicts international student experience
A new report on crimes against international students in Australia has failed to impress groups and academics steeped in the realities of the students’ experience here. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report examines incidents of assault and robbery perpetrated ...
More »Over to you
For some, reflecting on issues then and now, there was a strong sense of déjà vu – funding problems, research pressures, student/teacher ratios, unsettled governance and uncertainty about the future. Yet, like revisiting the town in which you grew up, ...
More »Research knows no bounds but money
When Jennifer Byrne completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 1993, she felt the compulsion to start her postdoctoral life overseas. With an NHMRC C.J. Martin Fellowship under her belt, the molecular biologist headed to France to work ...
More »Changed, changed utterly
We all think that our career patterns are unique and most of us, particularly early on, can see the barriers to success rather than the opportunities. Many people will argue that you will do well if the industry is stable ...
More »Advocates and detractors
It is unwise for politicians to enter the research policy arena without a firm grasp of history. You can learn that truth the hard way in Senate Estimates. The relationship between parliament and the research sector is not deeply understood, ...
More »Looking backwards to tomorrow
From the vantage point of Australian higher education in 2011, the sector of twenty years ago is another world. There are points of connection with 1991, as with a parallel universe. But much has altered in higher education, in policy, ...
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