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Peter Junk tells a story of a time when he worked at a regional university and a local company had a major caustic soda spill into a stream. “It was a horrible mess,” he says. “The pH of the stream ...

VET apprentice and trainee commencements in the March quarter were down nearly 8 per cent on the corresponding period in 2008, with commencements in the traditional trades falling dramatically by 21.9 per cent. The latest apprentice and trainee data from ...

In a study that could be instructive for Australian universities, Israeli academics are torn by conflicting attitudes towards the marketing of their universities and their own roles in that marketing process. h; and to achieve that, we needed to develop ...

It sounds a bit like the former Yugoslavia: one audit, one provider, nine colleges across seven religions (plus one interdenominational), six jurisdictions across two countries, and 13 awards across two sectors. On the evidence of the Australian Universities Quality Agency’s ...

While Australia is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its approaches to workforce skills development, Scotland holds some salient clues to dealing with one of the more entrenched issues of workforce development. Ewart Keep, professor of social sciences at the University of ...

This week will see the arrival of the first cohort of students to enrol in Holmesglen TAFE’s controversial bachelor of nursing degree. Education minister Julia Gillard approved Holmesglen’s application for 40 Commonwealth-supported nursing places in April in the face of ...

The debate over whether undergraduates should contribute to the cost of their studies is done and dusted. It is now generally accepted that because university studies benefit the graduate, their employer and society at large, all should pay – ideally ...

TAFE institutes often make the point that they are expected to shoulder a stronger community obligation than their private sector counterparts. This in turn imposes heavier cost and workload burdens on them. The latest figures from the NCVER lend some ...

Ask a first year student why they chose veterinary science and, more than likely, they’ll tell you they love animals. “That gets them halfway there,” says Jon Hill. “But they need to be able to deal with people as skilfully ...

Australia should not be turning the skilled migration tap off and on, despite the global financial crisis, a visiting expert on migration policy has warned. Dr Khalid Koser, director of the new threats and security program at the Geneva Centre ...