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NMIT may scrap some of its diplomas next year after an unprecedented marketing effort failed to prevent a 32 per cent slump in enrolments. Deliberate over-enrolling, an enhanced web presence and the biggest advertising and marketing campaign in its history ...

Austrade will be well up to speed on international education when it takes the promotional baton from Australian Education International. Austrade will have plenty of experience under its belt when it assumes responsibilities for promoting and marketing international education in ...

Australia should work to attract foreign PhDs, but it should also accept that its strengths in international education lie at the lower end of the higher education spectrum. Australia should chase foreign enrolments in high-level degrees, but not at the ...

The “university” name may be sacrosanct, but “TAFE” isn’t. Two private colleges call themselves TAFEs, and many more use the name promotional material. The Victorian government may move to protect the TAFE brand amidst signs that increasing numbers of private ...

TAFEs were sidelined in two key federal programs introduced in response to the Bradley report. But Victoria’s new higher education report puts them in the front row. TAFEs – mostly ignored in a key federal government equity program – would ...

Education providers could face fines if their agents tell porkies under recommendations from the Baird review. Training providers would be fined if their offshore agents acted unethically, and Australian-based agents would be banned from charging commissions for luring students from ...

AEI will have its work cut out even without its promotional and regulatory responsibilities, a new “discussion starter” argues. Australian Education International (AEI) is refocusing its role at a time of unprecedented change in the industry, according to a consultation ...

It’s not that unusual for a 70 year old to go to university. In 2008 there were around 5750 higher education students aged 60 or over, including about 2000 undergraduates, 1250 masters and 1400 PhDs. But 70 year-old Anne Hailes, ...

They might be an untapped seam of learners and earners for a buoyant economy. But the proportion of disengaged young people is back at 90s levels, thanks to the GFC. The global financial crisis undid a decade of painstaking progress ...

Victoria can meet and even beat the federal higher education targets – but a bit of finessing will be needed. Victoria will easily meet the federal government’s 40 per cent higher education attainment target, and should strive for 47 per ...