Davidson moves from DEEWR to TVET Jim Davidson, currently a DEEWR deputy secretary and a member of the TVET board, will take up the position of interim CEO of TVET Australia at the end of April when he retires from ...

What was the main message from the recent Big Skills Conference, asks John Mitchell. In inviting keynote speakers from around the globe to present their views about workforce development, the organisers of the recent Big Skills conference in Sydney expected ...

The working poor are those who can most benefit from increased participation at higher levels in VET, says Barbara Pocock. In Australia work-life pressures are most commonly discussed with respect to professionals: managers, engineers, doctors, lawyers and journalists who juggle ...

A newly released OECD evaluation finds that there is much to commend in the Australian VET system’s approach to innovation, although there are also significant deficiencies. But a local innovation expert says much the same about the evaluation itself. The ...

Mollerup appointed to Swinburne design faculty of the planning unit in the Urban Development Group, Development Bank of Southern Africa. Swinburne appoints PVC The position of dean (learning and teaching) at Swinburne University has been renamed pro vice-chancellor (learning and ...

University infrastructure spending is at the forefront of economic stimulus, writes Ben Power.t also underpin longer-term economic growth. The Rudd Government is using a number of measures to stimulate growth, including cash handouts, leading to criticism the funds would only ...

Australian scientists have praised the Obama administration’s move to lift America’s ban on embryonic stem cell research. But they’ve warned it will put US scientists on a fast track and Australia must respond by cutting red tape around its own ...

Fishing for science The changing habitats of marine species along the Tasmanian coast is to come under the spotlight. The Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) has received funding to implement the Coastal Climate Change Range Extension Database and Mapping ...

The fame game .... Celebrity (original, huh) that examines why certain individuals – Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jerry Springer, Hitler – make such an impression on the public consciousness. In the book, he also creates two new sub-categories of celebrity: ...