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If everyone buys a simulacrum of the education revolution, why should government bother to fund the real thing? By Simon Marginson. The dust has settled and the cheering has stopped. Once again Canberra has packaged a tertiary education budget with ...

The most likely explanation for the exclusion of private providers and VET from the government’s demand driven system is more fiscal than philosophical, writes Andrew Norton. The 12 May budget confirmed that, contrary to the Bradley report’s recommendation, the government ...

The University of NSW has strongly denied reports that it threatened staff with sackings if they proceeded with their wage rise campaign. In an email to university staff last week, acting vice-chancellor Professor Richard Henry said a Sydney Morning Herald ...

The government’s budget response stands universities in good stead to adapt to a changing world, says Peter Coaldrake. Human ingenuity has enabled us to populate almost every possible part of the globe. It has delivered unprecedented growth in prosperity, lifespan ...

The Bradley targets might mean universities can no longer privilege the academically competent at point of application but have to embrace selection of the full mix, says Conor King. Glyn Davis’s much reported claim that at a real low-SES rate ...

In difficult economic times, how can private training providers grow their businesses while minimising risk, asks John Mitchell. When the federal government announced recently that some long-standing providers of employment services would not have their contracts renewed, it was a ...

Some observations and reflections on the federal budget from a non-university perspective. By Tim Smith. The relevant paper in the federal budget documents on education ‘Transforming Australia’s Higher Education System’ is something of a misnomer. A more accurate title might ...

Tom Karmel explores the implications of the economic downturn for vocational education and training. It seems only yesterday that the big issue for Australia’s education and training system was how to address skill shortages. How quickly things change. Now the ...