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Direct linkNakar, Sonal; Bagnall, Richard G.; Hodge, Steven – Australian Educational Researcher, 2018
This paper reviews the nature and implementation of the Australian VET FEE-HELP (VFH) policy initiative: a scheme introduced in 2008 to extend income-contingent loans to the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia. We argue that the implementation of the scheme has been seriously flawed, leading to a range of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, Reflection, Ethics
Wallace, Michelle; Byrne, Cathy; Vocino, Andrea; Sloan, Terry; Pervan, Simon J.; Blackman, Deborah – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in Australia through the lens of a changing higher education landscape. The paper reflects on issues raised in a previous analysis of DBA programmes undertaken a decade ago, and highlights persistent challenges and emerging opportunities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change
Helmer, Janet; Harper, Helen; Lea, Tess; Wolgemuth, Jennifer R.; Chalkiti, Kalotina – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2014
This paper explores the challenges of conducting systematic research, using our experiences of conducting a study to evaluate the effectiveness of ABRACADABRA, an online tool for early childhood literacy instruction as the contextual framework. By discussing how the research team resolved such perennial issues as high teacher turnover, low or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Computer Software, Literacy
Download full textWheelahan, Leesa; Moodie, Gavin; Billet, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
Degrees in technical and further education (TAFE) are relatively new, but are likely to grow as a consequence of government policies that both seek to increase the percentage of Australians holding a bachelor degree and create a more unified tertiary education sector. There are ten TAFE institutes authorised to offer higher education in five…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Education, Quality Control, Interviews
Gibson, Wendy – Vestes, 1978
Issues raised by academics concerning proposals to merge three N.S.W. universities and their neighboring teachers' colleges between 1969 and 1975 include: the role of universities vis-a-vis colleges of advanced education, competition for students, N.S.W. Department of Education, teacher training, academic standards, finance, site planning, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Role, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Mageean, Pauline – 1985
This paper looks at the selection of students in Australia for trades-based prevocational or pre-apprenticeship courses. Selections for two types of courses are considered in the paper: (1) pre-apprenticeship courses that focus on a particular trade area and usually lead to credit in only one apprenticeship course; and (2) prevocational courses…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
