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The head of a leading private training association, Claire Field, answers the critics of her part of the sector Sometimes when you’re half way through a difficult task it can be hard to remember just why you started it in ...

Educational technology and virtual learning are not a passing phase but essential in higher education. For the past two decades in the university sector, those charged with supporting the use of educational technology for face-to-face, online and blended learning have ...

Access to the national broadband network will reach Melbourne University in the next 12 months as part of the next phase of the $37 billion network’s expansion. Lygon Street, North Ballarat and Melton in Victoria will also gain access to ...

Some students can’t even afford the cost of public transport to college, says an in-depth Victorian report. Does it matter much to students if TAFE programs are dropped, fees for courses are raised, counselling services are scrapped and campuses are ...

Patients may soon no longer need to fear needles and injections as a study continues to explore the possibilities of edible vaccines. The study, run by researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Ondek and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, ...

The redistribution of Level 1 and 2 funding to private providers and Wananga will not solve issues of learning and student transition to tertiary education. The Tertiary Education Commission, which has oversight of all post-school education in New Zealand, has ...

Parents from low socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to encourage their children to finish high school, a study has found. Only about six in 10 children from disadvantaged households in Australia currently complete high school, while 90 per cent of ...

Indefinite appointments give unlimited tenure to academics, which must be one of the few positive uses of the adjective. The cut-down form – indeff, turned into the verb indeffed – carries the weight of a life-sentence for those whose editorial ...

Fruits and vegetables rich in fibre can help prevent colon cancer and other cancers of the stomach, a University of Queensland scientist has found. Fibre has long been linked to maintaining a healthy bowel but Dr Anneline Padayachee (right), who ...

"Open learning is revolutionary… it’s like Wikipedia for courses rather than facts, and will allow free online learning and education to the global community.” Associate Professor Richard Buckland from UNSW commenting on the OpenLearning platform – an online education startup ...