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Last-minute bailouts have saved two ATCs, but a third hasn’t been so lucky. Uncertainty has hung over the Australian technical colleges (ATCs) until the very end, with the future of one of the colleges still unclear even though its founding ...

A fast-tracked review will consider whether the federal government’s flagship VET program meets current economic demands. A formal review of the federal government’s flagship VET program, the Productivity Places Program (PPP), will be fast-tracked after the country’s education and training ...

The Senate report on international students has taken a stick to state regulators, and wants both a carrot and a stick for agents. The Commonwealth Ombudsman should assume responsibility for international education, and governments and providers should adopt a carrot-and-stick ...

Industry and universities share common interests – so industry should back universities’ calls for a greater slice of the public pie. Peak industry groups should get behind calls for more public funding of higher education, according to the head of ...

Skills – not schools – are the “overlooked” beneficiaries of the stimulus packages, according to Treasurer Wayne Swan. Most pundits might point to the avoidance of technical recession, the lower than expected unemployment rates, the survival of the banks or ...

Many would-be skilled migrants have had their applications put back for two years, in the latest blow for international students who want to stay on. Current and former international students seeking skilled migration visas have been put at the back ...

Victoria and WA have fallen out with the other states and territories over the establishment of a national VET regulator. Victoria and Western Australia emerged as the spoilers over an independent national VET regulator at last Friday’s Ministerial Council for ...

Most unis have managed to sidestep the GFC, but it’s still changed the credit landscape. Most universities will have to bring their current infrastructure up to scratch before they can seriously think about expanding to meet the Bradley targets. And ...

By failing to fully fund the Bradley tertiary education reforms, the government is missing out on an investment return of 15 to 20 per cent. The tertiary education reforms recommended by the Bradley review offer an “unmissable bargain” which Australia ...

Parliamentary brinkmanship may leave next year’s students without scholarships. A Senate vote as early as Monday may determine whether there are scholarships for disadvantaged tertiary students next year, after the major parties reached an impasse over income support reforms. Opposition ...