The success of the economy can be put down to changes made in education and training policy – and new standards council will take it even further, a conference has been told.
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CAE and Box Hill to step into the future together
Two public education institutions in Victoria have decided to join forces to expand and diversify their offerings; bailing out CAE is a side issue, they say.
More »Time to revisit Australian education’s sales pitch
The global education market is probably readier now to digest what domestically are often well-pitched institutional brands, writes Peodair Leihy
More »Get thee to a factory (or office, institution or whatever)
Getting high school students used to the idea of work is critical to career orientation.
More »Course is not cash-based, say Adelaide institutions
The University of Adelaide and Eynesbury College are trying to undo a damaging perception that they’re selling university entry to year 11 students.
More »Industry wants people ‘who can do the job’
No need for defensivness in age of opportuinity TAFEs told
More »International student numbers decline again
International student numbers keep falling for VET and ELICOS and are up slightly for higher education.
More »Let the dog see the rabbit
The best way to increase productivity would be to reduce the demands of accountability to the basic metrics and allow the sector to divert money from management to teaching and research. By Giles Pickford.
More »When education fails, it only creates jobs in education
Some of the mythology around Bill Gates talks of how he dropped out of Harvard. Burst through the top would be more accurate than drop out of the bottom. By Stuart Middleton.
More »Time to add ‘impact’ to ERA draft
A fundamental shift in which we talk about research in terms of its relevance to the profession and society and its impact on policy and regulation is needed, writes James Guthrie.
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