The ALTC is perfectly placed to develop standards with the disciplines, writes Jacqui Elson-Green. Academic standards have been a concern of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council since its inception in 2005. Since that time the ALTC has invested in ...

Adam Shoemaker considers access and invention in the online academy. Higher education is full of paradoxes. One of the most prominent of these is the gulf between experiential learning and opinion formation. For example, nearly every academic in Australia has ...

What is VET for international students really like, asks Erica Smith. Much of the debate on VET for international students has been negative and critical; until recently most of the positive press has related only to the importance of international ...

Are TAFE directors capable of running their institutes as businesses, asks John Mitchell. The working lives of Victorian TAFE directors changed dramatically with the launch of contestable funding on 1 July. But are TAFE directors in other states preparing for ...

Stephen Billett considers how to place a value on VET research. Like so many other areas of human performance, there is no single measure for valuing educational research. As with the composition and performance of music, the cooking of a ...

Swinburne University has won large training provider of the year at the National Training Awards. Swinburne TAFE is the nation’s leading large training provider - recognised at this year’s Australian Training awards. The main event on the national VET calendar ...

A national scholarship scheme is proof that sometimes a small amount can make a big difference. The same evening that the impasse over Youth Allowance and Commonwealth scholarships came to a head in Parliament, training sector stalwarts filed into Parliament ...

$2.6 million for aged care training Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot has announced $2.6 million to provide training for 4000 staff working in rural and regional aged care homes. “Distance in rural and regional Australia can create challenges for staff ...

VET funding for young Victorians will be fully contestable next year, as the state brings forward its skills reforms to meet its Youth Compact commitments. Victoria will introduce fully contestable VET funding for young students from the beginning of next ...

Does Austrade have what it takes to promote Australia as a world-class research and education destination, asks Dennis Murray. The government’s decision to hand over generic marketing and promotion of Australia’s international education to Austrade is hardly surprising. The cheap ...