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There are a few truths that are universally understood in the world of philanthropy and last week Professor Eric Thomas shared his version of them with an intimate gathering of 40 invitees at a breakfast at RMIT. “The first rule ...

ACT education minister Andrew Barr has said he will consider splitting the territory’s senior colleges into academic and vocational streams - similar to that in Tasmania. News of the plan came as a bitter dispute in Tasmania threatens to disrupt ...

Recent research presents a confronting picture of the impact of the economic downturn on the transition of young people from school to work and further study and training, writes Lucas Walsh. Between 2008 and 2009, the proportion of teenagers not ...

Who will create a tertiary system - policy makers or providers, asks John Mitchell. One advantage of the new market based environment emerging in vocational education is that progressive providers are spotting and grasping opportunities. For instance, progressive VET providers ...

NSW TAFE teachers threaten strike action NSW TAFE teachers are staging wildcat strikes, defying an Industrial Relations Commission judgment on work conditions in return for pay rises. Several strikes took place last week at TAFE campuses in Sydney and Wollongong. ...

Incentive payments aren’t the main driver of traineeships, and many employers participate even when subsidies aren’t available because they’re convinced of the benefits, according to a new NCVER report. The report, ‘High-quality traineeships: identifying what works’, says research findings don’t ...

China’s graduate glut grows An report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in September said earnings of graduates were now at par and even lower than those of migrant labourers, reports Asia Times. Over 6 million graduates entered ...

With passage of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill now a formality, stakeholders warn that Australia risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater in a knee-jerk reaction to recent bad press over its international education industry. The ...

VET outcomes deteriorated significantly through the middle half of this decade, throwing doubt on the sector’s capacity to help meet higher education equity and completion targets. Dr Leesa Wheelahan, senior lecturer in adult and vocational education at Griffith University, told ...

Just six years from now, the Victorian higher education system could look very different. Along with a mix of comprehensive and dual sector universities, TAFEs would have more higher education qualifications on offer and there may also be a polytechnic ...