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Changes to the apprenticeship system are a “quantum leap” in training reform. VET figures have welcomed COAG’s decision to reform Australia’s apprenticeship system in line with recommendations from the Australian Apprentices Taskforce. Announcing the changes early last month, COAG said ...

Enrolments from Saudi Arabia – Australia’s tenth-biggest and second-fastest growing market for international students – appear unlikely to be permanently affected by the delisting of Australia as a destination for students who have won prestigious Saudi government scholarships.nglish. DEEWR said ...

The government last week handed out $1.4 billion in funding for research and research training. Forty-one higher education institutions shared a record $1.42 billion in research block grants last week. The amount is $150 million more than in 2009. Melbourne ...

Distance education is enjoying a boom as OUA adds two more partners. The prospect of a demand-driven system, flagged just two years ago, is leading to a flurry of interest in Open Universities Australia from institutions as they endeavour to ...

Living and studying in Australia, PhD student Afroz Shah is angered by accusations of racism leveled by the Indian media. Australia is considered one of the safest places on the planet to live, and more so, a favorite educational destination ...

What are the benefits of mandatory standards and compulsory professional development for teachers, asks John Mitchell. There is always controversy when governments propose compulsory basic standards for teachers, no matter whether it is the higher education or VET sector. This ...

AUQA’s most recent audit report captures an institution in a state of change. An AUQA report is snapshot of a university at a particular point in time. More often than not, that snapshot reveals a larger, overall picture of an ...

The federal government has unveiled the carrot it hopes will encourage universities to take disadvantaged students – $540 per student. The federal government is channelling less than 1 per cent of university learning and teaching expenditure this year towards its ...

Enrolments from Australia’s two fastest-growing international education markets are set to collapse. Enrolments from two of Australia’s top 10 markets for international students are expected to plunge dramatically, after offshore student visa applications from Nepal nosedived 85 per cent and ...

The government says its indicators for measuring equity performance will provide transparency and accountability. But, as usual, the devil is in the detail. The federal government’s proposed indicators for assessing university performance in attracting and retaining low-SES students have been ...