Hot on the heels of the Meridian collapse, Victoria has unveiled draft registration guidelines for new providers. New VET providers in Victoria will have to agree in writing to up to two random inspections of their education premises every year, ...
More »Widely spread scholarships get the nod in Parliament
A national scholarship scheme is proof that sometimes a small amount can make a big difference. The same evening that the impasse over Youth Allowance and Commonwealth scholarships came to a head in Parliament, training sector stalwarts filed into Parliament ...
More »Government ramps up the pressure on income support
The government plans to push its income support Bill in the Senate early this week, in a last-ditch effort to get the reforms through Parliament this year. The federal government was last week ramping up preparations to push through its ...
More »Youth Compact: Victoria accelerates contestable arrangements
VET funding for young Victorians will be fully contestable next year, as the state brings forward its skills reforms to meet its Youth Compact commitments. Victoria will introduce fully contestable VET funding for young students from the beginning of next ...
More »Goverment abandons VSU response, for now
There will be no dedicated funding for campus services next year, after the federal government pulled the plug on the proposed amenities fee loan scheme. Universities have no chance of accessing a dedicated funding stream for campus services next year, ...
More »Education confiscation: government quietly claws back $280m
The federal government has wound back $280 million in tertiary education spending through ‘symbolic’ policy changes. The federal government has quietly canned over $280 million in planned tertiary education spending in policy decisions taken since the May budget. The decisions, ...
More »PM digs deep in India
Top Digger digs deep in Delhi. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd marked his visit to India last week by announcing the federal government would invest an extra $70 million into scientific collaborations with the subcontinent superpower. Rudd said the government would ...
More »Victoria shows its flair by trading its wares
Victorian VET leads the nation in providing realistic on-campus training opportunities. And the balance sheets prove it. Victorian TAFEs have reinforced their image as the country’s most entrepreneurial institutes, staying well ahead of their interstate counterparts in earning revenue from ...
More »Mass college closure as former CQU partner crashes
At least 2700 international students have been affected by the collapse of another large private provider. At least 2700 international students, including high school students in the middle of their final exams, have been sidelined by the collapse of another ...
More »China and India: brace for boom in offshore pathway programs
Regulatory impediments in China and India have kept a lid on offshore enrolments from the two Asian giants. But all that is about to change, writes John Ross. A recent regulatory shake-up in China is helping turn the East Asian ...
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