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Australia needs a minister to look after the important international education sector, says Phil Honeywood, executive director of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). There have been concerns from industry leaders that the sector lacks direction; it generates $16 ...

The COAG discussion of VET reform in April will implode, with most states rejecting Canberra’s attempt to control the VET agenda. The Victorian state budget, with Treasury usurping Peter Hall, will include a massive reduction in funds for VET, to ...

Skills Australia CEO Robin Shreeve wonders why the VET sector with thousands of providers  has not followed the school approach of having external Boards of Studies award qualifications.  One part of the Prime Minister’s recent skills statement was unexpected. That ...

While international education revenue in Australia took a $3.3 billion dive last year spare a thought for South Australia, which has taken a $127 million haircut in a small market as VET international student enrolments crash. Last year, SA’s international education ...

 The statistics speak for themselves, private providers in Victoria are successfully expanding access to vocational education and training and now handle 40 per cent of subsidised students.  In 2008, the Victorian government initiated what it termed “skills reform” in the ...

A federal government threat to redirect the $9 billion for national skills development away from state and territory coffers has not caused a rush to sign up for the revised agreement. The states and territories are still poring over the ...

Victoria’s Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall has accused a union of making misleading claims about job losses at TAFEs during a series of rallies at rural and regional institutions. Hall said the Australian Education Union (AEU) statement that ...

A ministerial speech on the Gillard government plan for major skills reform lacks the detail the VET sector is seeking, say TAFE Directors Australia (TDA). TDA chief executive Martin Riordan told Campus Review the speech by Tertiary Education and Skills ...

There is still work to be done in aligning practice requirements of professional healthcare bodies and the higher education standards needed to receive a degree. Many qualifications require accreditation by professional bodies and the advent of TEQSA and in particular the ...

There is room for public and private institutions in the sector, but to say no change is needed is wrong and risks us missing great opportunities, writes Rod Camm. I am watching with interest the current public debate on VET ...