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A new row has broken out over student unionism, with the Opposition accusing the government of breaking an election promise by imposing a $250 fee on students. “It’s a return to the bad old days of effective compulsory student unionism,” ...

John Mullarvey made an enormous contribution to higher education policy and direction. By Gerard Sutton. For me it all started 20 years ago when a youngish Frank Hambly appointed a young John Mullarvey to the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC), now ...

To achieve advances in indigenous student equity, universities must focus on what actually works, says Marcia Devlin. There is a need for a new paradigm for research and practice in indigenous higher education student equity in Australia. A new focus ...

We must look beyond what works and engage with what equity means, says Trevor Gale. Student equity is a problem. Part of the problem is that Australian higher education is no longer a closed system. It is no longer the ...

The higher education review is a catalyst for the education revolution. It offers a blueprint for a progressive trajectory into a national educational system that could place Australia as a global leader in systems design for social inclusion. It is ...

May 1950-Feb 2009 “Not bad for a boy from the bush with no degree.” That’s how Bob Goddard, previous international director in the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (AVCC) secretariat, summed up John Mullarvey’s early career in his eulogy. Already a ...

Can the private sector ready to step into the breach, asks Stephen Connelly. There has been a lot of discussion recently about the future of the international education in Australia, particularly in the context of the global economic downturn. Going ...

The Bradley review does not preserve the status quo, but encourages choice based on value not price, says Conor King. The Bradley review poses the government a challenge: if it does not substantially take up the recommendations, what does it ...

How far are VET policy makers willing to go in reviewing training packages? By John Mitchell. There is a growing unease among some VET analysts that the current review of training packages being conducted by the National Quality Council (NQC) ...

VET needs a good understanding of employability skills to build them into teaching and learning says, Kaye Bowman. As Larry Smith suggests, we need to develop and nurture a new understanding of generic competencies (CR,21.10.08). Employers would welcome this. They ...