Policies that equate raising the school leaving age with improved outcomes are deluded, writes Stuart Middleton. A former director general of the NSW Department of education, Ken Boston arrived back in Australia after 10 years in England and declared he ...

In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Despite attempts by the Victorian government to maintain a positive narrative, stories have emerged in the Victorian Parliament and in ...

TAFE Victoria has joined forces with the peak body for private education providers in calling on the state government to commit to higher quality standards across all providers.  In the latest twist in the Victorian VET funding saga the two ...

If you are building a pathway, you need a map. At least that is the clear finding of research into how to create successful pathways from vocational education training into higher education. Across Australia, universities, private providers and vocational training ...

A study casts doubt on the belief that students from disadvantaged backgrounds use up more resources at university. Recent research at La Trobe University’s Equity and Student Services Division questions whether the current costs of educating low socio-economic status (SES) students are higher than for their peers.  Over ...

Regional universities, with a very different mix of students, will be at a disadvantage when compared with metropolitan institutions writes Bill MacGillivray In December the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) released a set of discussion papers on ...

Post-study work rights for international students at Australian universities must be extended to VET, say the sector’s peak bodies. The Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) and TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) say new post-study visa arrangements, which came into ...

Victorian aged care facilities have reduced the number of registered nurses employed in the sector following revised legislation which has allowed enrolled nurses to administer medication. Russell Freemantle, a PhD research student at Victoria University is conducting the first-ever research into ...

A leading private provider talks about his concern about funds flowing to inappropriate providers In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding has been questioned in this column by tertiary education minister, Chris Evans, the National Party Minister ...

The raising of standards for vocational studies seems a good idea to some but may make them less accessible.  I have no understanding why it is so. Perhaps it is because we have two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ...