Quality of education will be put under pressure as the number of students entering public universities continues to escalate in the coming years, writes Margaret Gardner. In 2009, the Australian government made a decisive step towards developing a more educated ...

An ambitious plan to create a dual-sector university network could redefine the tertiary education sector in regional Victoria. By David Battersby. It is often said that one of the unheralded success stories in Australian tertiary education has been that of ...

While SA’s VET blueprint has been influenced by its eastern neighbour, it’s not a carbon copy of the Victorian reforms. People with prior high-level qualifications have controversially been excluded from Victoria’s VET entitlement scheme. But South Australia may take an ...

While the SA government might want to turn Adelaide into a university city, it’s VET enrolments that have been the big mover. International enrolments grew faster in South Australia than any other state or territory over most of the last ...

While South Australia’s proposals for a new VET system will cop plenty of flak, no one could accuse the state of lacking ideas. South Australia could introduce a Victorian-style training entitlement, available regardless of people’s educational history and backed up ...

While Australia has more publicly funded VET students than ever, the private sector is claiming a steadily growing share. Private providers have received a bigger share of the public VET purse since Labor came into power federally, reflecting the influence ...

A crusty old bugger considers his days are numbered as the young ’uns get preferential treatment. By Joseph Gora. I write as a grumpy baby boomer dinosaur; an old codger-geezer-fart, replete with grey hair, ravine-like wrinkles and an expansive gut. ...

What are the secrets of winning government contracts, asks John Mitchell. Shockwaves hit training providers in NSW recently when ACL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navitas, won six contracts to deliver the federal government’s language, literacy and numeracy program (LLNP). ...

The collective consciousness has not yet focused on equity in VET, but there are some serious issues that need to be addressed. The history of tackling equity issues in higher education and schools provides some salient lessons for the VET ...

South Australia’s VET proposals are vague in some areas – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. South Australia’s newly proposed VET strategy has “a lot of big ideas”, according to Stephen Conway, managing director of TAFE South Australia’s Adelaide ...