Regulators for private VET providers in Australia have been admonished by stakeholders over their alleged lack of action regarding non-compliance.

Peak bodies have submitted a statement to the Australian government on concerns relating to onshore student transfer practices adopted by some providers.

Tertiary education is Australia needs to adapt to a changing employment landscape, which will require educators, learners, employers and governments to collaborate, a joint initiative of leading education and employer bodies has said.

Experiencing across-the-board growth year on year, Australia's industry should be well placed to finish this decade in a much better position than the last. But, as Anton Crace reports, beneath the waves, rip tides threaten to pull parts of its industry back out to sea.

When our minister for tertiary education goes overseas with vice-chancellors and talks to the people in China, Indonesia or Singapore, all they want to talk about is skills, not higher education

One of the largest English language competitions ever to be held in China will run next year, as part of a new agreement to build ties between Chinese polytechnics and Australian Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes. The competition will be promoted across all of China’s 1,200 polytechnics in 2013.