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To improve higher certificate completion rates it is sometimes important to offer help with some basic skills, such as language and numeracy The region our institute serves in south-west Sydney has an over-representation of people who are disadvantaged. According to ...

The federal government must withhold funding from those states that continue to destroy their vocational education and training. This was a grim year for the TAFE system in Australia. Decades of investment in public vocational education are being trashed by ...

The term meme, or more particularly internet meme, has become a buzzword to describe any concept or idea that spreads very quickly via the internet or social media. Examples of these can range from a catchy phrase, to a video, ...

One risk of dismantling public TAFEs is to increase the need for Australia to use the global mobile workforce. The globe is increasingly being divided between high-performing economies with an ability to withstand economic shocks and low-performing countries that lack ...

Managing director of Challenger Institute of Technology Liz Harris believes her award-winning public institute will succeed in a more contestable VET market. In your recent acceptance speech for the award of National Large Training Provider of the Year, what did ...

There was debate over national standards and teacher numbers this year but thankfully attention moved to better outcomes for students. Another academic year, school and calendar year draws to a close. Down south we are blessed by the double impact ...

Universities and researchers have been dealt another blow as a funding scheme designed to inject "new blood" into the sector faces its final round. With no funding commitments being made to guarantee its future, other fellowships tied to the scheme ...

The success of the Open Universities Australia scheme has been shown by four graduates who live on the troubled Thai-Burma border. Mexican-American comedian Louis C. K. writes and performs skits about "white people problems" where he parodies the ways in ...

The former CEO of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Laurie Pearcey, has taken up the inaugural role of director of China strategy and development at the University of NSW. Pearcey will hold a joint position as director of the ...

The Australian National University has appointed leading financial and economic expert Professor Jennifer Corbett as pro vice-chancellor (research and research training). Acting vice-chancellor Professor Margaret Harding said Corbett's expertise has been sought by some of the world's foremost economic institutions, ...