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Universities have to do more to support their doctoral candidates and it can start with giving them a desk and a chair.  The University of Sydney is undertaking a fundamental change to the way PhD students study in an effort ...

A study has found that the techniques used to prepare professionals such as lawyers and engineers can help to develop methods to train school teachers. . While president of the Carnegie Foundation in the US from 1997 to 2008, Professor ...

A national framework for proficiency has been set after consultation between universities, government and industry.  The level of students’ English language proficiency, as they enter university, the quality of their academic language skills and their work-ready communication skills have all ...

Universities need to think about the future in a more constructive manner. A vice-chancellor recently told me that, given the level of dynamism in the Australian higher education environment and the vagaries of government policy, he saw little point in ...

The slow regulatory process by TEQSA and ASQA has put private providers at a disadvantage compared with public institutions. By. There is considerable dialogue at present around the impact of the new regulatory regimes in higher education and vocational education ...

The review of learning and teaching has been a great opportunity for higher education but support is needed for it to continue. As a result of the ALTC’s Learning and Teaching Standards project (LTAS), disciplines across Australia have available to ...

The expansion of the tertiary education system is showing positive results for disadvantaged students but there is concern about the VET sector. There are many education routes for students to follow with some showing dramatically better success rates than others. ...

A botched attempt at a small increase in school class sizes has drawn attention away from the growing problem of teacher development. We have been through interesting times over here in New Zealand. It all started about six weeks ago ...

The tough reformer promises to tackle the big issues in a review of vocational education and training standards.  A former federal education minister, John Dawkins, intends to sharpen the teeth of the Australian Skills Quality Authority and says a review ...

Our regular columnist Dr John Mitchell interviews one of the more divisive people in Australian tertiary education this week, former federal education minister John Dawkins. In the late 1990s, Dawkins revolutionised the sector. He abolished the “binary system” that distinguished ...