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Why invest in the professional development of advanced VET practitioners, asks John Mitchell. The provision of recognition of prior learning (RPL) services is one of the major strategies encouraged by governments to accelerate the process of upskilling the nation. It ...

Public VET on the upper Output from Australia’s publicly funded VET providers continued to grow steadily last year, according to preliminary statistics from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. Between 2007 and 2008, the number of students increased by ...

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 ...

Europe: indirect research costs stay at 60 per cent The European Commission has decided to retain a 60 per cent flat rate for the recovery of indirect research costs. The flat rate applies to universities participating in the 7th Framework ...

Climate change didn’t kill the giant kangaroo Neither climate change nor burning of the bush by Aboriginal people caused the extinction of the world’s largest ever hopping animal, according to a team of Australian and US researchers led by Dr ...

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 ...

Is an education revolution being derailed by archaic ideas and practices, asks Steven Schwartz. Last week I attended a lecture on the future of higher education. Reading from a prepared text, the speaker railed against the conservatism of universities, their ...