Not allowing students to use their CSP funding at a private higher education provider denies student choice and means a true demand-driven system cannot be achieved, writes Robert Stable. Even with the growth in non-government higher education inAustraliaover the last ...

Do VET teachers need more than a Certificate IV qualification, asks John Mitchell. When researching the VET sector over the last year, the Productivity Commission expressed interest in whether there was a proven link between teacher qualifications and student outcomes. ...

The gradual decline of collegiality and its replacement by managerialism is starting to worry, not just our own academics, but also many people in the world's universities, writes Giles Pickford, who once played a bishop in 'Murder in the Cathedral' ...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of a statewide adult community and further education program in Victoria. But, despite success and growing need, it is undervalued as the poor cousin to other sectors of the education system. ...

US community colleges offering degrees are required to demonstrate how the new degrees will support skill shortages being experienced in the community. The rapid growth of four-year degrees in community colleges across the US following recent legislative changes was a ...

Views on fees are many, varied and firmly entrenched, writes John Ross. It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that tuition fees have been the most hotly contested issue in submissions to the base funding review. Camped behind well-worn ...

Students' ability to claim educational expenses against their youth allowance will reportedly be reversed in next month's budget. Students have cried foul over the federal government’s reported plans to cancel their tax deductions in next month’s budget. The Australian Financial ...

These are disciplines which have many unique costs. These costs are difficult to minimise, particularly when professional pedagogy dictates that unique spaces and facilities are essential writes David Battersby. Admist the frenetic activity and debate about the Lomax-Smith base funding ...

Tom Karmel argues that a simple definition-that it is occupation-specific training-is not helpful in explaining vocational education and training. A naïve definition of vocational education and training (VET) might be that it is education and training that is designed for ...

Providers could collect the reasons for non-completions, suggests John Mitchell. Does it matter how completion rates for full VET qualifications are counted? Yes it does, because the government wants to publish VET completion rates on the forthcoming MySkills website. Yes ...