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The ELICOS sector has been hit by the latest big college collapse, the Australian branch of a multinational giant, after its bosses took a commercial decision to shut up shop. The late January collapse of yet another private college chain ...

Senate passage of the ESOS Amendment Bill seemed assured after the Opposition gave it the tick last year, and the hurry-up last week. But now it’s back before the Lower House, with changes the government says it can’t accept. The ...

Two new reports have contradictory findings on job satisfaction levels for academics. Either Australian academics are among the least satisfied in the world or they have consistently high levels of job satisfaction – much higher than their public sector and ...

Preparing new teachers for the leadership roles they will inhabit – probably sooner than expected – could be a good start towards the professionalisation of university teachers, writes Judy Nagy. The recent discussion about the graduate certificate of higher education ...

TAFEs have staked their claim to share the emerging tertiary landscape, with a $572 million pre-budget submission. Hot on the heels of Universities Australia’s bid for an extra $881 million in higher education spending, Australia’s TAFEs have staked their claim ...

Learning outcomes project aims to get to grips with international teaching comparisons. An international study will measure and compare learning outcomes at universities around the world – and could provide the “missing link” for university rankings. The Organisation for Economic ...

The federal government has listed the stalled reforms to the student income support system as one of its 10 “key accomplishments” in a progress report on its higher education revolution.ncrease their enrolments by up to 10 per cent over their ...

The VRQA has begun listing training provider cancellations and suspensions on its website – the first state or territory to do so. Over 60 registered training organisations (RTOs) in Victoria have had their registrations cancelled or suspended during the current ...

Overseas enrolments will be further affected by the latest changes to skilled migration, likely to shift the focus from a long list of skills to sponsored jobs and health and resource sector occupations. A tightened skilled occupations list (SOL) is ...

TAFE NSW campuses close this Thursday – just three days after they opened after the summer break. TAFE NSW students face disruption this week – the first week of classes for 2010 – with no end in sight to the ...