FUTUREPROOF 2016 is the pre-eminent conference for the Australian higher-education sector and it is running Monday and Tuesday, May 16–17, at Doltone House, Darling Island in Sydney. The conference brings together thought leaders from the industry and Parliament to discuss and ...
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The $8000 question: Whom did Labor consult on VET FEE-HELP cap
Federal Labor has refused to disclose details of whom it consulted for its VET FEE-HELP cap, though it certainly didn’t talk to two of the major industry groups representing TAFEs and private education providers. The $8000 question now is, Whom did Labor consult? ...
More »Design collaboratively, learn the same way: architect
Collaboration is the beating heart of effective vocational education spaces, an architect has said. Mark Freeman, from specialist educational architecture firm Gray Puksand, recently completed a $5.1 million VET facility situated in Melbourne’s Somerville Secondary College. Freeman said he worked closely ...
More »BUDGET: VET funding declines amid policy vacuum
The 2016–17 federal Budget confirms that Commonwealth investment in Vocational Education and Training (VET) will fall by more than $500 million in 2017–18, when the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform expires. There will also be reductions of $50 million over four years ...
More »Budget snapshot: Key items affecting higher ed
SAVINGS MEASURES Higher Education Reform — deregulation shelved, funding cuts delayed to 2018 As explained in the budget papers regarding the government's deregulation reforms that were twice rejected by the senate: "The government will delay the implementation of the higher education reforms ...
More »2016 Budget sees major uni reform delayed: how the day after unfolded
We welcome your feedback and comments, via email, Twitter or the comments box below. 4:32pm Professor Eeva Leinonen, Murdoch University's vice-chancellor, said her university will continue to help disadvantaged students despite the 20 per cent cut to HEPP. Despite #budget2016 ...
More »Price caps for VET courses tabled in report
The federal government is discussing capping the prices of vocational courses offered through VET FEE-HELP. This is one of the options tabled in a discussion paper the federal skills minister, Scott Ryan, released today. It read: “Recognising course costs are often unreflective of ...
More »First step to VET recovery: admit the problem
The Victorian Government began the redemption of its VET sector in earnest by acknowledging the disastrous policy that left things in disarray. With politics, they say if you wait long enough you will always see the pendulum swing back. This ...
More »Deakin Business School earns coveted global accreditation
Deakin University’s Business School has emerged triumphant from a five-year bureaucratic gauntlet with an international accreditation that inducts it into the top 5 per cent of business faculties worldwide. The school has been stamped with and Association to Advance Collegiate ...
More »TAFE NSW requires overhaul: consultancy
TAFE NSW needs to amp up its efficiency to remain competitive in the growing vocational education sector or face financial losses, a report says. The Boston Consulting Group's report into the state's Vocational Education and Training (VET) market found TAFE ...
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