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Questions raised over employer training subsidies

Government subsidies to encourage employers to take on apprentices or trainees may be less effective than commonly supposed, according to new research from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. But the report’s principal author, Professor Andrew Smith from the ...

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On a sticky wicket

Basic and applied research: a cricketing perspective. By Arun Sharma.per cent held Discovery only and 10.8 per cent held both. The corresponding figures for 2009 are 40.3 per cent, 45.3 per cent and 14.4 per cent. The expansion of the ...

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Whither TAFE?

Why qualifications that combine both academic and vocationally recognised outcomes should become part of TAFE’s core profile. By Sylvia Whitmore.qualification that provides both nationally recognised competency-based training and an assured and time-efficient pathway to a higher education qualification. The TAFE ...

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Fringe dwellers

Strengthening regional higher education provision is exactly what is needed, but no one yet knows how to achieve it, says Paul Clark.history of development to match the changing economic circumstances of their host city. But as we move to consider ...

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Getting the balance right

Excellence and engagement are the twin pillars for a system of world class university research, write Caroline McMillen and Peter Høj.nge is consistent with the intent to join up the innovation system and to provide the drivers for collaboration across ...

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Rethinking applied research

False dichotomies impede a healthy research sector, says Linda Kristjanson.the broader community (notably industry) fails to recognise the potential inherent in a diverse research sector, and the value of current government programs (such as the ARC Linkage, ARC Centres of ...

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TAFE no poor cousin to university

TAFE is recognised as a quality provider of education due partly to a higher level of understanding of the opportunities VET provides, a research report on community attitudes to Victorian TAFE, published in April, has found.e, they want recognition available,” ...

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Marriage of equals

Can stand-alone universities do anything to help the policymakers dreaming of a tertiary sector, asks John Mitchell.35 or so stand-alone universities? Do they all need to become dual sector organisations? Or is there some way they can remain stand-alone and ...

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VET briefs

Recession hits apprenticeship starts boom times, people often leave their training before completion to take up well-paid jobs. The NCVER has also released preliminary 2008 figures on students and courses, showing a 2 per cent increase in VET students over ...

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