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Paul Rodan agrees that journalists new to the international education have trouble grasping the realities of the sector. John Ross is spot-on about recent opportunistic journalism concerning international students (CR, 03.08.09). It must be galling for specialist journalists like him ...

The many challenges of globalisation and cross-border cooperation for higher education will be explored in a UNESCO-sponsored conference in Kula Lumpur in October.f London Sir Graeme Davies, secretary-general of the International Association of Universities Eva Egron-Polak, and vice-chancellor of Open ...

May 1950-Feb 2009 “Not bad for a boy from the bush with no degree.” That’s how Bob Goddard, previous international director in the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (AVCC) secretariat, summed up John Mullarvey’s early career in his eulogy. Already a ...

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Another Australian technical college, this time at Geelong, has had its future assured following an announcement by education minister Julia Gillard that it will become a technical education centre of the Gordon Institute of TAFE. Geelong TEC will offer c ...

English-language competence of international students is a hot topic. Developing and implementing appropriate English-language policy and high quality adjunct programs are a start. But they are just a start, says Marcia Devlin and Judy Nagy. International students have been getting ...

University study has long been recognised not just as the pathway – in many cases the only pathway – to a range of professional occupations, but also as the key to job security, high earnings and even good health. Indeed, ...

The Australian Institute of Packaging has reached agreement with the Australian Management Academy (AMA), a registered training organisation which specialises in training for the manufacturing, processing, mining and quarrying industries, to administer certificate and diploma qualifications in packaging for the ...

TAFE is being increasingly divided as its workforce skills and student markets develop quite separately. Add to that resilient staff cultures and there is a sense of unease, says Malcolm White. One reason for the ongoing controversy about the role ...

A national internship scheme may be the key to retaining and enhancing Australia’s world-class higher education system, says Glenn Withers. Australia has been remarkably innovative in tertiary education, even though we tend to understate our achievements. Yet from HECS to ...