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NSW VET isn't doing right by Aboriginal students, and those experiencing disabilities, mental health issues and homelessness. Youth Action, Uniting and Mission Australia came to this conclusion after surveying disadvantaged young people, as well as 50 individuals from organisations that assist them. Their ...

In the wake of the dot.com bubble and the MOOC revolution, why haven’t more students taken up global online learning? Twenty years ago, at the beginning of the dot.com bubble, it seemed as though the advent of the internet would ...

New reports suggest the VET sector may be reviewed and overhauled within the next 12 months. Recommendations to review the sector were published as part of Innovation and Science Australia’s latest report: Australia 2030: Prosperity Through Innovation. The report has ...

When Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's Prime Minister in October last year, many were surprised because of her youth, inexperience and femininity. Staunchly Labour, she moved quickly to enact her 'progressive, anti-capitalist' agenda. Among her reforms was making all forms of higher education ...

Medicine and health graduates are the most likely to find employment, a new report has found, while those who study creative arts, psychology, humanities or communications are at the bottom of the employment ladder. The figures come from the 2017 Graduate ...

What does it take to get higher education cuts through parliament? The government thinks its latest measures – released as part of their Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) – might do it. But universities aren't so sure. A summary of ...

In 2017, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States, and not long after, the Mueller investigation began. #MeToo swept the internet and, thereby, workforces, and North Korea scared just about everyone. Domestically, politicians suddenly discovered their foreign ...

UTAS NAMES NEW VC Ethicist, educator and strategic consultant Professor Rufus Black has been appointed vice-chancellor and president at the University of Tasmania. Black is currently master of the University of Melbourne’s Ormond College and deputy chancellor of Victoria University,and ...

An education policy and research body has rebuked the government for its approach to sector funding, calling it "disjointed". Victoria University's Mitchell Institute, in its report, Expenditure on Education and Training in Australia 2017, based its view on 2015-16 federal, state ...

Glyn Davis begins his elongated essay, The Australian Idea of a University, as good storytellers do: with an anecdote. Around 15 years ago, Rutgers University, an American collegiate icon, thought it was safe. There was a relative newcomer on the ...