As the government defers the release of its latest bombshell – the new occupations list for skilled migration – onto the international education industry, major hospitality training providers are questioning the immigration department’s role in the indust The Department of ...

The former US president has signed up as figurehead of a global private university network with an Australian presence. Former US President Bill Clinton has accepted a role as “honorary chancellor” of Laureate International Universities, a global network of 48 ...

Swinburne’s new articulation arrangements owe as much to the new demand-driven system as its bridge-building ethos. The federal government’s new higher education (HE) funding framework has converged with curriculum design to make institution-wide articulation a practical possibility at Swinburne University ...

Swinburne’s new academic board will sit comfortably with the emerging tertiary architecture. Swinburne University of Technology has revealed plans to establish a single academic board for its higher education and TAFE divisions, bringing it in line with Victoria’s other three ...

UA has gone into bat for VET as well as universities, saying a relatively modest tertiary education funding hike could make Australia’s pay packet 8 per cent bigger by 2040. The federal government can discourage the re-emergence of a two-speed ...

I have just returned from Queensland where researchers Stephen Billett and Sarojni Choy co-convened the 13th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association conference. topical issue of apprentice training; the second the issue of building research capability; the third the ...

ACPET has brandished two reports to support its push for inclusion in demand-driven higher education funding. But some of their claims need fleshing out. John Ross reports. Private higher education providers will need to be brought into the demand-driven system ...

The peak university and TAFE bodies have teamed up in outlining the boundaries of the emerging tertiary sector. John Ross reports. A unified set of national tertiary education protocols should be established, allowing for a single approval process for higher ...

An admissions test for non-school leavers has found to be a robust predictor of ability to study at university. But there are claims it’s being abused. Julie Hare reports. Amid controversy that the Special Tertiary Admission Test is being abused ...