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There is a message for vocational training in the recent Toyota crisis, writes Larry Smith. For decades, the name Toyota has been synonymous with quality production, performance and safety in automobiles. In recent weeks, however, that reputation has taken a ...

What bright ideas will help TAFE staff develop new capabilities, asks John Mitchell. With mounting pressure on TAFEs to increase their ability to make money, in the future many more TAFE staff may be rated by their potential to generate ...

What is VET for international students really like, asks Erica Smith. Much of the debate on VET for international students has been negative and critical; until recently most of the positive press has related only to the importance of international ...

Research minister Kim Carr is says with some notable exceptions, interim compact negotiations are bordering on the bland. Research minister Kim Carr has hit out at universities, saying he wants mission-based compacts to promote radical reform, structural change and active ...

From downloads of lectures to entire courses for free, Rebecca Attwood reports on how universities are fitting open educational resources into their missions and marketing.ide by side with researchers in laboratories, it would be impossible to transfer the kind of ...

Buoyed by the government’s six-month deferral of its changes to workforce eligibility criteria for youth allowance, the federal opposition now plans further amendments to the government’s income support reform Bill once it reaches the Senate. Education spokesperson Christopher Pyne said ...

Journal debates The nature of academic publishing is changing rapidly and young humanities academics are struggling to find their place, writes Toby Miller. I just spent a couple of days with (predominantly) junior faculty in Salt Lake City, the Mormonic ...

The federal government risks more harm to international education if it’s too heavy-handed in regulating the use of agents, according to the peak body for English language training colleges and professionals. Sue Blundell, executive director of English Australia, said unnecessarily ...

The philosophy toward embedding language, literacy and numeracy in training packages needs to be re-examined, says Anita Roberts. Built-in not bolted-on aimed to integrate the delivery of vocational and LLN skills based on recognition of the interdependent nature of these ...

Do Australian universities provide enough relevant and timely information to potential international students about living in Australia? Paul Rodan investigates. One of the key issues in the current international student debate concerns the accuracy and quality of information provided to ...