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While officials rail against an education-migration ‘nexus’, they’re unfairly connecting the two in the processing of student visas, according to the peak TAFE body. Political parties should keep migration issues out of the regulation of student visas, according to TAFE ...

Student services might get their own funding stream, with a more sympathetic Senate appearing likely after the election. A re-elected Labor federal government will put the student amenities and services fee back on the agenda, education minister Simon Crean said ...

The slump in visa grants has been limited to a few markets – but it’s early days yet. The crash in international student enrolments so far has mainly been limited to the Indian subcontinent, according to the latest student visa ...

Deakin will let its new undergraduates defer for two years, but it wants them to stay in touch. Deakin University has introduced a two-year deferral option for its new undergraduates, in the face of Youth Allowance changes expected to encourage ...

Regional hubs could emerge from the government’s new collaborative research program. The federal government’s Collaborative Research Networks scheme offers enough money to turn regional universities – the presumed spokes in the government’s vision for a university research hierarchy – into ...

Having adopted Victoria’s approach to vocational training, federal Labor now plans to do something similar in the school space. A re-elected Labor government would entrench the productivity agenda in schooling by establishing a dedicated vocational stream for Years 9 to ...

University qualifications just got more valuable than ever, with the annual payoff rising about $3000, while overall salaries stood still. The relative value of university qualifications increased more than ever during the global financial crisis, according to the findings of ...

The new expert panel on apprenticeships will grapple with some thorny issues, including accelerated training, employer bonuses – and just how important are apprenticeships anyway? The federal government is seeking expert advice on apprenticeship reform, amidst mixed signals on where ...

Skill shortages don’t matter if you can simply outbid other industries. Skill shortages are unlikely to hamper the resources sector over the next decade, according to a new report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The report, ...

All unis weren’t created equal – and the initial allocations from the Commonwealth’s new equity program prove it. The University of Western Sydney is the big winner from the Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program (HEPPP), claiming a $2.6 million ...