The government is going full steam ahead with market design for VET. But the cost of failure is high and the consequences won’t necessarily be known for many years, says Leesa Wheelahan. Education Minister Julia Gillard, in a speech in ...

Why cumbersome training packages need radical surgery not band-aids. By John Mitchell. New ideas are often destabilising and uncomfortable, so we humans tend to find ways to pay them lip service, while quietly continuing on with the old ways. Possibly ...

Vocational education and training is the gun growth sector of the Australian international education industry, attracting over five additional enrolments for every additional enrolment in higher education (CR, 23.09.08). But little is known about the experiences of international VET students ...

Will India’s higher education surge exclude foreign universities? India’s massive financial commitment to higher education (CR, 27.01.09) should be good news for other countries, including Australia, who are interested in expanding their presence in India. But, as The Parliament, may ...

Dragonfly flying skills guide design of tiny aircraft The extraordinary flying skills of the dragonfly, which have interested the US army for some time, may now be the key for the design of micro-aircraft, according to ANU researchers. Dr Richard ...

UQ’s Centre for Education Innovation and Technology is forging a new road in e-learning and research, writes Beverley Head. The University of Queensland opened its Centre for Education Innovation and Technology late last year, in a move that that could ...

White (playing up the board) to move and draw. Black can easily promote his pawn and just as easily catch White’s pawn before it is promoted. So how can he fail to win? Solution next week.

Strictly speaking with the insight that people can be helped psychologically by reading books relevant to their situation. Bibliotherapy is thus the "use of books to address emotional or behavioural issues", as defined at www.best-childrens-book.com It has been used to ...

The future of Australia’s international education industry is hard to call – just like the global economy itself. But reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, writes John Ross. Australia’s international education industry is about to boom or bust, depending ...

Unmet demand – declared all but dead last year – appears headed for a resurrection, according to main round university admission figures released over the past fortnight. As applications trend upwards, following the script dictated by economic turmoil and demographic ...