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A paler shade of green

The Rudd government’s green jobs and training initiative needs to be applauded, but there are many unanswered questions as to how it will be delivered at the coalface, writes Larry Smith. On 30 July, the Rudd government announced funding for ...

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Heading towards 2012

The student-demand driven world of 2012 is just around the corner. Conor King ponders what role there will be, if any, for tertiary admissions centres.ents selecting courses. TACs can usefully facilitate this, primarily through being a single, if state-focused, point ...

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Time to act is now

Australia’s education system has much to be proud of, but unless decisive action is taken very soon, international education will be severely damaged, writes Ian Young.s particularly the case with VET, where there are more than 4000 providers regulated by ...

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Getting regional provision right

Rural and regional higher education is more than a matter of individual equity, writes Sue Kilpatrick. Changes to the youth allowance announced in the federal budget have raised a storm of protest from young people and their families living in ...

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Quality international providers

Quality private VET providers are desperately trying to differentiate themselves from the dodgy end of the sector, writes John Mitchell. Some surprises might be in store from the government’s recently announced review of international education. For those expecting it to ...

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VET briefs

Further industrial action looming in NSW TAFE teachers in NSW have voted in favour of further industrial action if an agreement on hours and conditions is not reached. A stopwork meeting last week heard from the NSW Teachers’ Federation that ...

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Support found to be wanting

The government’s response to the international student situation is just lukewarm, write Bruce Mackenzie and Virginia Simmons. Much has been said and written in recent weeks about unscrupulous training providers and migration agents who exploit young hopefuls from overseas. But ...

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Noticeboard

Queensland Conservatorium appoints new directornsel for the Asia-Oceania Tax Consultants’ Association. Johnston appointed dean at Sydney Professor Archie Johnston has been appointed as the next dean of engineering and IT at the University of Sydney. Johnston is a fellow of ...

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International briefs

Britain hunts for 4000 ‘bogus’ foreign students The British government is trying to locate nearly 4000 foreign students after coming to the UK to study at bogus colleges. The students were all due to study at colleges that have had ...

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Furlough time

The increasingly casualised California university system makes Toby Miller wonder whether unionisation has a future. When I was a child, the Dutch-derived word furlough referred to soldiers in Hollywood movies who were away from the front, enjoying some shore leave. ...

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