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Are student complaints an indication of underlying problems? Or are they the inevitable result of a user-pays/user-says system, asks Joseph Gora. “I have received a number of complaints from students saying that you have not been contactable in person or ...

Industry bodies must not be sidelined from the efforts to resolve international education’s problems, writes Dennis Murray. Governments are nothing if not reactive. Not a day goes by without a new decision or initiative or overseas peacemaking visit announced by ...

New taskforce to plan workforce needs for resource projects The federal government has formed a ‘national resource sector employment taskforce’ to examine workforce needs for about 80 major resource projects anticipated over the next decade. The taskforce – which will ...

Is raising the school leaving age an important policy change, asks John Mitchell. Many people in the tertiary sector seem mesmerised by the recommendation in the Bradley review and supported by the federal government that the percentage of people with ...

No financial worries for top Chinese universities While western universities struggle with collapsing endowments, China’s top universities are stronger than ever. Hao Ping, China’s vice-minister of education, said that in 2007 the 34 Chinese universities identified as the frontrunners of ...

Indigenous cultural competency in the post-Bradley era: who will do the work, ask Christine Asmar and Susan Page. The participants in our research seminar were perplexed. We had just asked them to put themselves in the shoes of an academic ...

If we are to power our ideas, we need to focus on the right game, write Peter Høj and Caroline McMillen. During the past few months, Australian universities have been working hard to support the delivery of the research and ...

<<<Judging from UK experience, the new research assessment system could prove to bring few benefits but a good deal of anxiety, damage and cost, writes Jeff Lewis.>>> While most researchers in Australia would welcome an effective and well-considered process of ...

Is VET useful for people newly arrived in Australia, asks John Mitchell. A concrete benefit of state and national awards for VET providers is that it sometimes highlights unconventional training providers that are modelling outstanding practice. One such organisation is ...

<<<Stepping up to boost the participation and achievement of low SES students in higher education. By Kaye Bowman.>>> What will it take to achieve the national target of 20 per cent of all Australian students in bachelor degree programs to ...