The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is an ambitious and much needed undertaking. By 2020, 460,000 people will participate in the scheme. That’s roughly one in every 40 Australians. The NDIS will give people with a disability choice and control ...

With the national election settled, the vocational education and training (VET) sector will look to early implementation of recommendations in the Joyce Review of VET as funded in the 2019/20 national budget. The higher education (HE) sector anticipates forthcoming advice ...

Around the world, cybersecurity threats are real and rising, and Australia’s education sector is far from immune. Maintaining effective cybersecurity defences has become an enterprise-wide challenge for organisations of all sizes and stripes, including the country’s houses of higher learning. ...

During my nearly 20 years as a vice‑chancellor at two universities, I have observed with pleasure the increased participation of (mostly) young people in our sector. As the first member of my family to be fortunate enough to benefit from ...

In February this year, Professor Nick Klomp was appointed vice-chancellor of CQUniversity. He has travelled north for the role, previously serving as the deputy vice-chancellor (academic) at the University of Canberra. He is also a former dean of the Faculty ...

As we approach the middle of 2019, education institutions the world over are no doubt bracing for a busy year of learning against an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks. For many, their natural defence mechanism is to deploy new technology and ...

The final report of the national VET review, “Strengthening Skills: Expert Review of Australia’s Vocational Education and Training System” (Joyce Review) has just been published, and its early stage recommendations have been comprehensively adopted within the announced national budget. A ...

Contract cheating refers to students outsourcing their assessments to professional cheating services or through arrangements with friends or peers. A typical example would be a student paying for an essay which is then submitted as their own work. As classroom ...

Parents routinely roll their eyes any time a school announces a student-free professional learning day for its teachers. Many parents consider these days an inconvenience and struggle to see their purpose. High quality, continuous professional learning (as opposed to one-off, snapshot professional ...

The nursing clinical placement is an essential part of the nursing degree and is an opportunity to solidify clinical knowledge and to get real life exposure to clinical settings. For almost all students, the transition from university-based learning to the ...