It’s time we got past this whole sector thing, writes Stuart Middleton I have just returned home from the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association conference in Melbourne, and very good it was too, with interesting papers, good keynotes ...

Among challenges will be convincing people who have not seen the transformative nature of a university education first hand what it means and why the cost is worth it, write Larissa Behrendt and Steven Larkin. Despite the good will of ...

Not allowing students to use their CSP funding at a private higher education provider denies student choice and means a true demand-driven system cannot be achieved, writes Robert Stable. Even with the growth in non-government higher education inAustraliaover the last ...

Do VET teachers need more than a Certificate IV qualification, asks John Mitchell. When researching the VET sector over the last year, the Productivity Commission expressed interest in whether there was a proven link between teacher qualifications and student outcomes. ...

The gradual decline of collegiality and its replacement by managerialism is starting to worry, not just our own academics, but also many people in the world's universities, writes Giles Pickford, who once played a bishop in 'Murder in the Cathedral' ...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of a statewide adult community and further education program in Victoria. But, despite success and growing need, it is undervalued as the poor cousin to other sectors of the education system. ...

Views on fees are many, varied and firmly entrenched, writes John Ross. It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that tuition fees have been the most hotly contested issue in submissions to the base funding review. Camped behind well-worn ...

Students' ability to claim educational expenses against their youth allowance will reportedly be reversed in next month's budget. Students have cried foul over the federal government’s reported plans to cancel their tax deductions in next month’s budget. The Australian Financial ...

These are disciplines which have many unique costs. These costs are difficult to minimise, particularly when professional pedagogy dictates that unique spaces and facilities are essential writes David Battersby. Admist the frenetic activity and debate about the Lomax-Smith base funding ...

Tom Karmel argues that a simple definition-that it is occupation-specific training-is not helpful in explaining vocational education and training. A naïve definition of vocational education and training (VET) might be that it is education and training that is designed for ...