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Training packages up for review

The future of training packages is up for discussion during a month of national consultations starting in Adelaide this week. The ‘VET Training Products for the 21st Century’ project – a comprehensive review of national VET policy, jointly run by ...

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Death of Labour Law? questions the on-going relevance of labour law in Australia and other Western industrialised societies in the 21st century. The tension between economic flexibility for business and social stability for workers is set against the backdrop of ...

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Voucher stoushers: what’s the price tag?

You can’t deregulate one side of a market and keep the other side in a straightjacket. That’s the essential argument of the vice-chancellors and academic commentators who say that if a voucher-style funding system is introduced, price caps need to ...

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VET doing fine before reform: Productivity Commission

Australian VET was getting more efficient, productive and inclusive before the current market-based reforms ramped up last year, according to a new Productivity Commission report on government-funded VET provision in 2007. The VET chapter of the 'Report on government services', ...

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English competency – it's not that simple

English-language competence of international students is a hot topic. Developing and implementing appropriate English-language policy and high quality adjunct programs are a start. But they are just a start, says Marcia Devlin and Judy Nagy. International students have been getting ...

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LTPF pays dividends

Five universities were first-timers in last week’s Learning and Teaching Performance Fund, while another five were left empty-handed. In all, 32 universities received a total of $73 million, with UNSW topping the list at $7 million. While the controversy that ...

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