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While Victorian police say attacks on Indian students are opportunistic crimes by hoodlums on the hunt for laptops and MP3s, commissioner Simon Overlander concedes there’s been a racist element to some of the incidents. But it’s far from clear whether ...

The global financial crisis gives Australia a great opportunity to chip away at chronic youth unemployment and underemployment, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD argues that the tight job market means ...

When tertiary students transfer from one educational sector to another, they’re typically seen as taking straightforward steps to upgrade their knowledge and job prospects. But “crazy paving” might be a better metaphor than stepping stones, according to a new report ...

This year there are nearly 2 per cent more Victorian school leavers enrolled in university, compared to 2008. But more of them deferred, too – 12 per cent of the state’s 2008 school graduates, compared to 11 per cent last ...

The recent attacks on international students in Melbourne and Sydney have unleashed a global media storm. But the outcry may reflect an Indian predilection for protest more than a specific targeting of Indian students, according to an essay published this ...

The NSW and Queensland governments last week managed to find some money for their universities, despite handing down budgets with a combined deficit of over $1.5 billion. Most media attention focused on the deficits. NSW is dipping into the red ...

Unlike the Senate inquiry into the youth allowance, the Greens-sponsored Senate inquiry into international education won’t play any specific legislative role. But it will still have plenty of scope to embarrass, according to a Melbourne-based international education expert. “This is ...

Older workers don’t generally approach training with the same gusto as their younger counterparts. But education for older people could be one of the keys to meeting the challenges posed by an ageing population, according to a new report from ...

Rather than crying poor, tertiary education leaders should “spruik” the job creation impacts of education infrastructure projects, according to the chair of the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Advisory Board, Philip Clark.cts from infrastructure schemes like the EIF could generate massive ...

First $5 billion, then $11 billion, then $8.7 billion and now $2.4 billion – these are the fluctuating fortunes of Australia’s capital investment fund for universities and VET.m the HEEF, $2.5 billion from the 2007-08 budget and a handy couple ...