The Government has pulled back from deregulation of student fees but retains its aim for significant savings in higher education. It wants to balance the amount the government pays with the amount students pay. Major changes will not take place ...

The 2016–17 federal Budget confirms that Commonwealth investment in Vocational Education and Training (VET) will fall by more than $500 million in 2017–18, when the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform expires. There will also be reductions of $50 million over four years ...

The Victorian Government began the redemption of its VET sector in earnest by acknowledging the disastrous policy that left things in disarray. With politics, they say if you wait long enough you will always see the pendulum swing back. This ...

Helping qualified foreign students who lack great wealth earn degrees in Australia will have benefits for our sector. It is just over 25 years since the publication of the landmark report on equitable access to Australian higher education, A Fair ...

One of the most interesting cities in Australia is going through an educational and cultural revolution. The Gold Coast is known internationally for its fabulous beaches and waterways and iconic high-rise skyline abutting the ocean. More than 12 million people ...

2016 marks the anniversary of an organisation that has been aiding and abetting the good leadership and management of tertiary institutions for 40 years, the Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM), which first came to the mind of Maurie Blanc, ...

A commonly cited mantra in higher education circles is that students have been brought up on Facebook and Google and, as such, demand the same experience from the tools offered to them at university. But is this the truth? It ...

Vocational education should be the engine room of a nation’s economy, and one of the bedrocks of a cohesive society. It should prepare people for work. It should foster and encourage innovation, and support employers and workers in workplaces. A ...

Many students and their parents have been primed to believe that completing the Higher School Certificate and obtaining the ATAR for university course entry will lead to success; however this is not always the case. With the attrition rate at ...

Australian higher education perpetuates inequality, and ATAR should be scrapped and university places recapped to help fix the situation. That's the argument University of Canberra vice-chancellor professor Stephen Parker made in remarks to the TJ Ryan Foundation this week. Parker's comments came after a ...