Victoria
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International Education
The big unknown for Victorian universities in 2021
It’s the big question facing all Victorian universities right now: will international students return in 2021, and to what extent?…
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International students ‘underwrite’ state economies
Education is Victoria’s largest export and it is the second biggest in NSW, a new report has found. The report…
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TAFEs & unis reel from funding cuts
The farming sector is wondering how it will find trained workers as Victorian private and public providers adapt to recent…
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VET: Finding a parity of esteem
New Zealand’s struggles with tertiary reform may provide some guidance for its neighbour across the ditch. By Stuart Middleton. From…
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Inside VET: Bar set too low on teacher skills
The Productivity Commission report into vocational education and training has flaws in some very important areas, writes John Mitchell. The…
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TAFE protests continue as impact becomes clear
The National Tertiary Education Union’s campaign to stop massive budget cuts to TAFE institutes in Victoria will continue this week…
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National regulator prepares to pounce
While controversies rage in Victoria about shonky providers, ASQA is closing in wherever it can. By John Mitchell. Just a…
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Victorian TAFE workers protest cuts
TAFE staff across Victoria are staging a rolling series of protests against the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300…
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TAFE cuts hit Ballarat hard
Dual-sector University of Ballarat will terminate up to 60 TAFE courses and a large number of staff in the wake…
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Social emphasis missing in TAFE plan
Institutes and colleges were set up to train people and fulfil community service obligations; unfortunately the latter is now disappearing.…
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Reports of TAFE demise exaggerated
Public providers have to concentrate on areas where they have a competitive advantage and make room for private operators, writes…
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TAFEs on a hiding to nothing
The removal of price controls on vocational education and training, such as in Victoria, has sparked a race to be…
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Financial stress fuels regional deferrals
More than a quarter of Victorian students who defer from university don't return to study, new research says. And of the rural…
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Keep VET firmly in sight
If the TAFE system tumbles they will not be putting it back together again writes Pat Forward. In recent weeks…
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No going back on VET change
The statistics speak for themselves, private providers in Victoria are successfully expanding access to vocational education and training and now…
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TAFEs power regional economies
Skills Victoria’s implementation of market-based VET funding has raised some fundamental issues for the sector. The implementation has prompted stakeholders…
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VET debate is ‘out of balance’
The bad performance of some VET providers should not overshadow the good job that the majority of private operators are…
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TAFE union scaremongering, says Hall
Victoria’s Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall has accused a union of making misleading claims about job losses at…
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VET student entitlement schemes flawed
In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.…
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Doctoral scholarship a dream come true
A Victorian scholarship program is helping turn dreams into reality for Sayali Shah. The 25-year-old student from Pune, in the…
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Deliver quality, or don’t take the money
A leading private provider talks about his concern about funds flowing to inappropriate providers In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation…
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A lack of chemistry
One of the reasons for falling science enrolments seems to be the growing number of HSC subjects. Darragh O Keeffe…
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Victoria TAFE ‘being harmed’
In a comprehensive policy briefing to the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), David Williams, executive director of…
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Victoria ‘on track’ with demand driven VET
To suggest Victoria is undercutting the role of TAFE is simplistic and not supported by enrolment data, writes Peter Hall.…
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Political economist challenge to state VET system
There is a growing chorus of voices questioning the wisdom of the changes made to VET funding in Victoria, led…
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