With a little spin and no mention of public education providers, Chris Evans has outlined a plan to meet the skills challenge to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, writes Annette Blackwell Multi-sector education policy experts have criticised the ...

After months of complaints, Kim Carr has axed the controversial ERA journal rankings. Universities have welcomed an unexpected announcement by Research Minister Kim Carr to abolish journal rankings in future rounds of the Excellence in Research for Australia initiative. Carr ...

The new chair of TAFE Directors Australia tells Annette Blackwell TAFEs will continue to play a crucial role in setting the market for training places - a fact it will hammer home to the government. Stephen Conway, managing director of ...

A study suggests the present VET system in Australia will not provide the post-school education growth the government wants. Students and their parents in Australia do not perceive positive labour market outcomes from achieving a VET qualification, findings in a ...

With journal rankings now removed from ERA, the ARC has to sell what’s next. Responding to their unpopularity and misuse, the Australian Research Council has removed journal rankings from future national assessments of university research. But turning to journals as ...

Much like the new national arrangements, Queensland is encouraging industry to take the lead in meeting skills shortages. The Queensland government has pledged $50 million to entice industry to take the lead in addressing critical skills shortages in the state. ...

The three-year-old L.H. Martin Institute is going strong but will face some competition on pricing in the not-too-distant future, says a hired consultant. The L.H. Martin Institute has developed a good reputation within the tertiary education sector but its offerings ...

A central Queensland merger of VET and higher education is expected to happen soon. An anticipated merger of Central Queensland University and Central Queensland Institute of TAFE will lift the nation’s dual-sector institutions to six and be a first for ...

Universities have told the EU that interdisciplinary research is essential to effectively tackle challenges centred on energy, climate change, health and sustainable cities. Enhancing the role of the arts, humanities and social sciences in addressing society’s big problems is one ...

Minister gives go-ahead for expansion of TAFE tuition assurance scheme The TDA scheme has been restricted to TAFE institutes, and is open to the 25 members of the Council of Private Higher Education. Chief executive Martin Riordan said TDA had ...