US academics say they like the idea of working overseas, but a new survey shows they are motivated by unrealistic fantasy while hindered by ignorance of overseas institutions. Julie Hare reports. The economic downturn in the US and its devastating ...

COAG has adopted Bruce Baird’s recommendation to extend the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s jurisdiction to international education. But other Baird recommendations remain in limbo. John Ross reports. Education providers will have to allow complaints and appeals by their international students to be ...

Low training wages could be one reason why so many apprentices and trainees don’t complete – but what about the wages after they’ve completed? Many apprentices and trainees can expect to secure a substantial “wage premium” by completing their structured ...

Separate national regulatory arrangements – however temporary – could sink a permanent fault line between HE and VET. John Ross reports. The integrated tertiary education sector envisaged by the Bradley review could be brought unstuck by the separate evolution of ...

Under its Compass program to improve equity outcomes, last week Sydney University gave 600 eight year olds their first taste of university. They’re known as the baby bonus generation or Generation Z and they will be the most formally educated ...

A new survey has found what students themselves like and dislike about Australian transnational programs in southeast Asia. A majority of Australia’s transnational students consider their programs effective and worthwhile and are satisfied with their lecturers – both Australian and ...

Research into occupational pay packets shines new light on the persistent skills shortages in hairdressing and cooking. The ‘pin-up’ occupations for low-quality training in the international VET sector – cooking and hairdressing – also offer little to domestic students, according ...

Private providers could help meet the 20 per cent equity target as well as the 40 per cent attainment target, ACPET argues. John Ross reports. When the federal government responded to the Bradley review last year it showed it hadn’t ...

Metallurgical engineer Professor Stephen Grano will lead the University of Adelaide’s new Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources. Grano comes to Adelaide from the Ian Wark Research Institute at UniSA, where he was research professor of minerals processing, having joined ...

An information management expert has been appointed as UWA’s new librarian and director (information management). Dr Mary Davies replaces John Arfield, who retired earlier this year after 14 years. Davies is currently the deputy chief information officer and director of ...