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Can learning and skilling coexist in the market-based regime in Victoria, asks John Mitchell. There has been considerable consternation among VET providers in Victoria over the past 18 months that new government policies around market reform would swing the emphasis ...

New taskforce to plan workforce needs for resource projects The federal government has announced the formation of the national resource sector employment taskforce, which will examine workforce needs for about 80 major resource projects anticipated over the next decade. The ...

Ramsden joins PhillipsKPA Professor Paul Ramsden, inaugural chief executive of the UK Higher Education Academy, is set to work for education consultancy PhillipsKPA. The HEA was set up in 2004 to improve the student learning experience across the UK. Prior ...

First non-peer-reviewed grant announced University College London (UCL), which last year announced plans to award unorthodox research grants without robust peer review, deadlines, directives or milestones, has chosen its first awardee – a biochemist who will study the evolutionary switch ...

An ancient European university teaching in English is leading the push for internationalisation – and rankings, writes Christina Slade. As autumn cools into winter, the streams of students cycling to and from classes are increasingly bundled in layers of clothing, ...

Educational technologies play a critical role in helping disadvantaged students successfully negotiate their education, writes Leesa Wheelahan. I recently came across an extraordinary finding – there already exists a cross-sectoral committee that includes the schools, VET and higher education sectors, ...

Developing tips for nursing students before they begin their clinical experience and giving clinicians a short preparatory workshop before they start working with students will lead to more effective partnering, according to a new report. The Australian Learning and Teaching ...

Health disciplines are at the forefront of universities’ international programs, reports Jeremy Gilling. Many of the students have never travelled overseas before,” says Alex Elibank Murray. “Their enthusiasm before they’ve even left is really infectious.” In December, Elibank Murray, manager ...

Australian awards for university teachings year, 24 university teachers across Australia will receive awards for teaching excellence, with a further 12 awards for programs that enhance learning. The premier university teaching award, the $50,000 Prime Minister’s award for Australian university ...