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The research-intensive universities have taken their first step toward developing a coordinated equity strategy. The Group of 8 will take a broader approach to equity than just low-SES in the development of a coordinated strategy that is expected to be ...

Women drive participation target While the Bradley review’s 2025 target of 40 per cent of 25-34 year olds with a bachelor degree or above may be well within reach (CR online, 30.11.09), there’s an important caveat. The ABS’s annual ‘Education ...

It could be dubbed the “year of equity” in higher education, says Professor Trevor Gale. And it came in four roughly overlapping periods: January to February: Brace yourself The year began in uncertainty. It was unclear whether the government would ...

Next year, higher education reform will move more squarely into the implementation stage. There will adjustments to be made, says Peter Coaldrake. After two years we have a clear picture of the nature and intent of the Rudd government’s education ...

The 10 commandments of higher education? Heck no, it’s the ongoing imperatives in relation to the institutional research agenda going forward, writes Gavin Moodie. St Julia of Lalor wandered in the western suburban wilderness for 11 long years when she ...

Are providers really moving towards market-based approaches, asks John Mitchell. There is a view circulating around the VET sector that many providers are becoming less dependent on government funding and more aligned with the fluctuations of the market. But in ...

VET graduate employment falls in 2009 The economic slump has seen the number of VET graduates employed after training decrease. According to the NCVER’s 2009 ‘Student outcomes survey’, 77.8 per cent of graduates were employed after training, compared to 80.7 ...

Not having a problem is a problem in the new, lean organisation, writes Ray Griffiths. There is little doubt that in a world of market contestability, user choice and uncapped funding for places, the efficiency and effectiveness of our internal ...

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 ...

Two of the ambitious VET targets the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has set may be much closer to fulfilment than they realise. It all comes down to what is and isn’t counted. COAG has called for a halving of ...