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Former UK education ministers attack plan to reduce vocational qualifications

The Guardian - Higher Education

Coalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levels A coalition of former education ministers has attacked the UK government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap dozens of popular vocational qualifications and push students into taking its favoured new T-levels. Continue reading.

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Labor to spend $37.8m to weed out ‘bottom feeders’ among vocational education providers

The Guardian - Higher Education

Speaking at the National Press Club on Tuesday, the minister for skills and training, Brendan O’Connor, will announce the establishment of an integrity unit within the regulator to identify and address threats to Vet.

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30 years on: what do polytechnics teach us about transcending the vocational/ academic divide in today’s higher education landscape?

HEPI

Katherine Emms is a Senior Education & Policy Researcher at the Edge Foundation. The current shortage of high-skilled professionals has again placed vocational education centre stage. Formed between 1969 and 1973, England’s polytechnics offered higher education courses in vocational areas.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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China: jobs of future require vocational ed

The PIE News

China needs international support to train young people for jobs of the future, particularly in vocational industries, according to a new report from digital agency United Media Solution. The post China: jobs of future require vocational ed appeared first on The PIE News.

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IH Sydney enters higher education market

The PIE News

IH Sydney has launched a higher education proposition after acquiring the International Graduate Institute in New South Wales’s capital city. PBL Education, which trades as IGI, was accredited in November 2022. IGI has already been engaging agents with its “future-focused” higher education programs.

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Australian VET rules updated to “protect” students

The PIE News

Australian legislators have passed rules that the Australian Skills Quality Authority says will protect vulnerable students in the vocational education and training sector and “take action” against non-genuine providers. The legislation will also safeguard quality in VET, the national regulator added.

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