The Rudd government’s green jobs and training initiative needs to be applauded, but there are many unanswered questions as to how it will be delivered at the coalface, writes Larry Smith. On 30 July, the Rudd government announced funding for ...

The student-demand driven world of 2012 is just around the corner. Conor King ponders what role there will be, if any, for tertiary admissions centres.ents selecting courses. TACs can usefully facilitate this, primarily through being a single, if state-focused, point ...

Australia’s education system has much to be proud of, but unless decisive action is taken very soon, international education will be severely damaged, writes Ian Young.s particularly the case with VET, where there are more than 4000 providers regulated by ...

Rural and regional higher education is more than a matter of individual equity, writes Sue Kilpatrick. Changes to the youth allowance announced in the federal budget have raised a storm of protest from young people and their families living in ...

Quality private VET providers are desperately trying to differentiate themselves from the dodgy end of the sector, writes John Mitchell. Some surprises might be in store from the government’s recently announced review of international education. For those expecting it to ...

Further industrial action looming in NSW TAFE teachers in NSW have voted in favour of further industrial action if an agreement on hours and conditions is not reached. A stopwork meeting last week heard from the NSW Teachers’ Federation that ...

While TVET Australia’s continuing existence hangs in the balance, the body’s new chief – former Canberra heavyweight Jim Davidson – says its functions in supporting VET system advisory bodies should be maintained. And he questions whether a government regulator is ...

TAFE institutes often make the point that they are expected to shoulder a stronger community obligation than their private sector counterparts. This in turn imposes heavier cost and workload burdens on them. The latest figures from the NCVER lend some ...

The government’s response to the international student situation is just lukewarm, write Bruce Mackenzie and Virginia Simmons. Much has been said and written in recent weeks about unscrupulous training providers and migration agents who exploit young hopefuls from overseas. But ...

<The introduction of ERA is likely to push higher education delivery of hospitality courses even further into the private sector, writes Barry O’Mahony. Once hailed as the most reputable hospitality degree-granting institution in the UK, the Scottish Hotel School is ...