Since the state governments seem intent on sacrificing their TAFE systems on the altar of the market, it behoves TAFE to develop strategies to protect itself because it won’t be protected by government. Despite the Council of Australian Governments’ proclamation ...

Recent research by the National Centre for Vocational and Educational Research (NCVER) on student intentions has exposed as largely a myth the long held belief, by some  in VET, that enrolling students are often only interested in acquiring the skills ...

NSW moves to avoid some of the 'negative unespected results' that happened following VET reforms in Victoria.

Twenty years ago when Campus Review was started, I had just returned to the tertiary sector in New Zealand after a time as a secondary school principal, a time of unprecedented change in school administration. I got back just in ...

Columnist Richard Hil takes a look at what can happen if academics are pushed too far by endless change and mounting regulation After years of complaining bitterly about excessive workloads, stress, over-regulation, diminished status and poor pay compared to workers ...

These days, an ever-important concept in the lexicon of the Prime Minister is the term “structural adjustment”. She often alludes to the structural adjustment that is required for the nation as it comes to grips with the government putting a ...

How do Australia’s universities experience the changes that are sweeping through the higher education sector? Differently, no doubt. Despite a common university mission of teaching, research and service, it is a diverse sector with a variety of institutional histories, geographies ...

When I joined the University of Wollongong in 1990 from UTS, there was a great sense of optimism about the future – both in Wollongong and in the higher education sector generally. We were emerging from the John Dawkins era ...

It’s not an easy time for universities. What continuing level of funding will Canberra provide for increased domestic student enrolments? Will declining international revenue cover shortfalls? Will they gain or lose domestic students with caps lifted on Commonwealth Supported Place? ...

Twenty years is a long time in higher education, although it is eerie how many of the issues remain largely the same despite several attempts to address them: worsening staff-student ratios, lack of adequate funding, concerns about quality, the allocation ...