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Vice-chancellors would rank HR success as keeping the organisation off front pages and out of court. In an ideal world, one could expect a gathering of HR practitioners to be characterised by equanimity, professionalism and openness to a diversity of ...

Less traditional disciplines have not too many things to benchmark themselves against The Australian Research Council (ARC) says some disciplines may see unexpected results when the council releases its first university research rankings early next year. “In the less traditional ...

TAFE staff are relocating to industry workplaces, John Mitchell finds. At the start of 2010, a report by Skills Australia called for VET providers to support the development of industry workforces around Australia. The year ends with the release of ...

The tertiary sector isn’t so much split as serrated, writes John Ross. The only thing the Judean People’s Front hated more than the Romans, according to Monty Python, was the People’s Front of Judea. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen reportedly quoted ...

Free help is at hand for lecturers struggling with online teaching An innovative website aiming to demystify the pedagogy of online teaching is now available to university lecturers across the world. The Learning to Teach Online site, which provides professional ...

Proportionately fewer people have tertiary qualifications this year Australia has slipped slightly behind in its effort to meet the Bradley higher education attainment target, with the proportion of 25- to 34-year-olds with higher education qualifications dropping for the first time ...

Boost in funding still not enough, say researchers Spending on research funding into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias has increased tenfold since 2000, figures from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) show. The NHMRC’s research funding into dementia ...

Plans for legislation to create a national VET regulator may face delays The legislation is expected be tabled in federal parliament in the final sitting but the NSW parliament first needs to pass a bill transferring its regulatory powers to ...

Improved indexation, arguably the Bradley review’s most important recommendation, now appears assured. A properly indexed, demand-driven funding system for higher education moved a step closer to reality last week, with both houses of parliament rubber-stamping an amendment to the Higher ...

What justifies educational technology asks John Mitchell. The major flexible learning program in Australian VET, the Australian Flexible Learning Program, is being evaluated externally. Perhaps this is the ideal time to develop a new rationale for the use of technology ...