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Will investors damage VET in buying up of training organisations, asks John Mitchell? There are some myths about the world of private providers that need to be challenged. One is that when private training organisations are sold to investors the ...

TAFE teachers claim reforms will slash jobs TAFE teachers in the Illawarra have said unemployment in the region will rise unless the NSW government intervenes in a dispute about working hours with the Department of Education and Training. Wollongong TAFE ...

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 ...

The federal government last week released more details on how it will roll out its VET infrastructure funds, with 32 TAFE institutes to share $200 million under the Training Infrastructure Investment for Tomorrow (TIIFT) program. The TIIFT – a subset ...

UWS announces new dean of medicineal service award. The award for an outstanding international contribution to the profession of occupational therapy was awarded by the peak Canadian body CAOT. It is only the second time that the award has been ...

A sense of entitlement to academic autonomy is under pressure, writes Christina Slade. In the flurry running up until Whitsun break, all Britain was obsessed with Parliamentarians’ expenses. From the ludicrous - the cleaning of his moat by Douglas Hogg ...

Call for open entry for Maori at NZ A call for Maori open entry to university has met with a mixed response and questions over how unprepared students would perform. “We have seen how the dice are loaded against Maori ...

Bookshelfmplished”) and Chengguan a word from Chinese for a type of city administrator. Given that the internet is the main conduit for communication around the world, it’s natural that terms relating to the medium, like Web 2.0, should feature heavily. ...