Publications

Dean Ashendon writes in Inside Story (25.2.15): ‘For the first time, the decades-old university monopoly of teacher education is threatened, not by other look-alike higher education

In The Conversation (24.2.15) Serena Yu and Damian Oliver discuss the ‘various horror stories of the workings of dodgy private providers of vocational education and training. ‘Private

School a State responsibility, Federal Government says The Federal Government declined to talk to the ABC, but in a statement, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister

Wake up Australia; wake up academia ‘ … wake up Australia if you want to preserve your children’s life chances. Wake up academia – especially those of

Alaric Maude writes in The Conversation (10.12.14): ‘The belief that the primary school curriculum is overcrowded is questionable. The international comparisons used by the Wiltshire-Donnelly review

Potential budget cuts would mean domestic students would lose places at UQ Michell See-Tho reports in the Brisbane Times (2.12.14): ‘The University of Queensland is “flying

This report examines the importance of TAFE (Technical And Further Education) for the Australian economy. Terms of reference: TAFEs have played a critical role in the

In The Conversation (10.11.14) John Pardy asks why, when both sides of government have shown commitment to bringing back tech schools, Australia got rid of them

Gwilym Croucher provides an overview (The Conversation, 30.10.14) of the recommendations of the Senate Committee’s examination of the higher education bill. Links are provided below to

Jack Gray writes in The Conversation (28.10.14) that: The shrill yelpers see their oft-heard tag line, “governments distort markets” being threatened by the little-heard “markets distort

Hannah Forsyth writes in The Conversation (28.10.14) that ‘The proposal to deregulate, connecting university income still closer to the market rather than the public good, has

A response to Roger Scott A subscriber responds to Roger Scott’s comments on the potential impact of Pyne’s higher education changes on Queensland universities. Subscriber response