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It could take years for effects of the global economic meltdown on higher education to become apparent, but regardless of future outcomes, what we can count on right now is that without immediate action, we simply will not have enough ...

A large part – perhaps close to 10 per cent – of the $US825 billion in new public spending and tax breaks over two years that is proposed to stimulate the flagging US economy will go to higher education, according ...

Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley runs a watertight ship. The report from her higher education review has been arguably the most eagerly anticipated document to swamp the sector in two decades. But Bradley’s leak-proof outfit ensured that the speculation remained just ...

Teachers in Queensland are being told they are at risk of emotionally abusing their students if they use red pen to mark their students’ work. A Queensland education department document also suggests students be given bean bags to reduce stress, ...

Australian universities might fly high in the eyes of US citizens, but a move by the influential US News & World Report to adopt the THE/QS global rankings could ultimately draw attention to the questionable methodologies used to rank them. ...

The most powerful industry connections are often the personal ones. By Anita Roberts.   The industry-led VET system has stirred many organisations and individuals to expend considerable energy working out how to talk to industry. AQTF quality indicators and standards ...

Imagine the benefits if training packages were simplified.   The recent OECD report on VET in Australia bluntly called for the replacement of training packages by much briefer statements of skill standards. It was alarming news for those who had ...

Taking for granted government funding brings with it a risk of taking for granted the international student market, says Tony Adams.   It is still a while away before we have to make plans for this year’s Australian International Education ...

The US has recovered from a post-9/11 lull in its international higher education industry, but pound for pound, Australia still punches way harder than its international education competitors. A report released last week by the Institute of International Education (IIE) ...

Youth minister Kate Ellis tried to defuse the polarising issue of compulsory unionism in her response to VSU, by drawing a line between student representation and student services. Ellis stressed that her changes wouldn’t be a return to compulsory student ...