A training director fears that the student voucher system may result in more funding going to traditional male dominated areas.  Career options for young people are being reduced by Victoria’s vocational education and training policies, and the full, negative impacts ...

Information and communication technology in schools must move beyond covering literacy and skills.  Over the past few months attention has increased on mathematics and science in Australian schools. Unfortunately information and communication technology (ICT) has been overlooked, not only in ...

A new breed of engineering graduates from the University of Western Australia promises to lead the search, recovery and production of oil and gas into the future. For the first time, Shell’s “Introduction to Upstream Business” course has allowed 32 ...

Ai Group’s Innes Willox says taxpayer-funded VET courses cater more for student whims than industry needs Many groups have voiced concerns about the continuing VET controversies in Victoria, including educators, students and local communities, but national industry leaders have been ...

The pro vice-chancellor for global reach and attrition prevention waits in the vice-chancellor’s office with the dean of job readiness, awaiting the VC’s return from a session with a Gestaltian therapist. PVC: Look; I think I got away with it ...

The University of Minnesota-Duluth is sponsoring an ad campaign to achieve ‘racial justice’, but not everyone is happy about it.   The Un-Fair Campaign, designed to ‘undermine’ white privilege in one of the whitest cities in the US, has received ...

Multi-faith campuses and new technology offer real challenges. There is a rich history associated with university chaplaincy, which has evolved into a unique profession with its own identity and skills. This vocation continues to expand and diversify, with a growing ...

Victoria’s mistakes with vocational education and training can be a lesson for other states, especially for older workers. When one looks at what is happening in vocational education in Victoria, it’s hard not to picture a dog’s breakfast. In South ...

Something has gone wrong when, on present trends, we face a future with few graduates in some of the essential disciplines. Australia faces a national skills crisis as students abandon unpopular subjects such as maths, science and humanities in response ...

With enterprise agreements at universities around the country expiring on June 30, the National Tertiary Education Union has said it plans to target the increasing casualisation of the academic workforce in its next round of bargaining. NTEU research has shown ...