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A leading private provider talks about his concern about funds flowing to inappropriate providers In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding has been questioned in this column by tertiary education minister, Chris Evans, the National Party Minister ...

John Mitchell talks to a senior TAFE leader who says avoid the Victorian model at all costs. Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding is causing increasing disquiet, even among the usual supporters of such policies. Recent reports by the Productivity ...

The debate is continuing in VET about who is responsible for students’ low completion rates. Refreshingly, the Australian government and other key parties are reframing the debate by looking beyond course completions. They are researching good practices that will lift ...

Have you seen the television commercial which ends with the arrival on screen of a blue work van with the yellow letters MEGT emblazoned across it? The modestly designed ad commences with some worried looking characters fretting in the office. ...

The NSW Minister for Education wants to consult widely with his stakeholders before adopting any interstate ideas on VET funding. By John Mitchell.

With support from universities, TAFE NSW is designing associate and full degrees

The head of CIT says there are alternatives to a merger with Canberra University. By John Mitchell.

The head of CIT says there are alternatives to a merger with Canberra University. By John Mitchell.

Australian manufacturers want training to be at work, about work, and for work being performed now and into the future. By John Mitchell.

On the third day of the recent riots in England I was sitting in the community college in Dubbo NSW, 500 km west of Sydney, examining educational programs designed to give second chances to previously disengaged people, particularly Aboriginal people. ...