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Increased migration processing times are leaving international graduates in limbo, writes Shanthi Robertson. The uneasy relationship between international education and skilled migration has been further strained by new delays to the processing of many applications for skilled migration. In September, ...

The ALTC is perfectly placed to develop standards with the disciplines, writes Jacqui Elson-Green. Academic standards have been a concern of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council since its inception in 2005. Since that time the ALTC has invested in ...

What is VET for international students really like, asks Erica Smith. Much of the debate on VET for international students has been negative and critical; until recently most of the positive press has related only to the importance of international ...

Are TAFE directors capable of running their institutes as businesses, asks John Mitchell. The working lives of Victorian TAFE directors changed dramatically with the launch of contestable funding on 1 July. But are TAFE directors in other states preparing for ...

Stephen Billett considers how to place a value on VET research. Like so many other areas of human performance, there is no single measure for valuing educational research. As with the composition and performance of music, the cooking of a ...

Crommelin to lead Melbourne Law School Professor Michael Crommelin has been appointed as dean of the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. Crommelin’s appointment follows the recent decision of the current dean Professor James Hathaway to return to ...

Simon Haines finds that Chinese and Latin share a crucial ethical concept. Now here’s a funny cross-cultural coincidence. We have an English word “pious”, which tends nowadays to mean excessively or irritatingly moralistic or religiose. Piety just isn’t a trendy ...

US international graduate recruitment stalls After four years of growth, international recruitment to US graduate schools has stalled, reports University World News. A survey by the Council of Graduate Schools, which represents 500 graduate institutions, shows that between 2008 and 2009 ...

The humanities are at the end of the research funding queue – perhaps they need their own. By Jeremy Gilling. Late last year the Minister for Industry, Science and Research, Kim Carr, told the National Press Club that the humanities ...

$2.6 million for aged care training Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot has announced $2.6 million to provide training for 4000 staff working in rural and regional aged care homes. “Distance in rural and regional Australia can create challenges for staff ...