The future of training packages is up for discussion during a month of national consultations starting in Adelaide this week. The ‘VET Training Products for the 21st Century’ project – a comprehensive review of national VET policy, jointly run by ...
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The decade of higher education reviews
The importance of the Bradley review can’t be denied. But recommendations from two previous reviews have simply blown away in the political breeze, says David Battersby. The final report of the Bradley review of higher education is now with the ...
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Globalisation and other pressures are bringing the study of international law increasingly to the fore. Universities are responding in kind, reports Jeremy Gilling. International law, once an underexplored and unappreciated minor specialisation in Australian law faculties, has emerged as a ...
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02 Feb 09 | Print this story | Send this story to a friend New wiki to share literacy and numeracy insights The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has developed a wiki to generate and share ideas on adult ...
More »Risky business
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 ...
More »Doctoral education put through the policy wringer
Pressures on doctoral programs from economic and public policy directions have seen substantial changes in recent years, for both better and worse. Jeremy Gilling reports. A contradiction is emerging between new research imperatives that drive an innovative economy and ...
More »Think big: it’s the business
Corporate Australia has caught on to the fact that philosophy graduates bring critical thinking to thorny ethical and analytical problems. Jeremy Gilling reports. Whether postmodernism, cultural criticism and other relativist dogmas are to blame for the demise of the ...
More »Nobel largesse: odds on winners
There are those who place a $2 each way bet once a year on the Melbourne Cup and others who lose the family home at the casino. But betting on the Nobel Prize – which plenty of online sites allow ...
More »The Gordian knot
A report from the OECD attempts to distil global trends in higher education. Despite its valiant effort, it doesn’t quite make it, says Leo Goedegebuure. Digesting all the information brought together by the OECD’s ‘Thematic Review of Tertiary Education’ was ...
More »International students and the English language: How can we move forward?
The importance of speaking English outside the classroom and interacting with local students cannot be underestimated, writes Dr Erlenawati Sawir. For many international students, overseas studies are an exciting journey. But the journey is also challenging. Some students make ...
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