Completion rates for government-funded VET programs at Certificate I and above have declined slightly, according to fresh data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. The NCVER report, The likelihood of completing a government-funded VET program 2009–13, estimated that the ...
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USQ forms partnership for open education
The University of Southern Queensland is expanding the way it delivers information, with a new alliance to promote open education opportunities. USQ has partnered with the Open Source Initiative (OSI), a global non-profit organisation that promotes open-source software, which is ...
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Analysis: Student accommodation becomes popular asset class
The market for housing in Australia is still relatively young – with strong growth prospects. By Natalie Breen and Emily Fell Student accommodation has become a global asset class in its own right. Its growth is being driven by the increase ...
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Researchers are hurrying to record Indigenous languages that are at risk of being forgotten forever. The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language is working on cataloguing at least 10 Indigenous languages at risk of extinction, through ...
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Work on employability
Students expect universities to provide them with job opportunities; a recent symposium focused on ways to satisfy those demands. By Phil Honeywood The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development states that more than 4.5 million young people are electing to undertake ...
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