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21Sep, 2021

The impact of COVID-19 on higher education and Vocational Education and Training

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

For more information, please visit: Higher Education: It is an unfortunate sign of the times that this summit is being held virtually, like so many other things at the moment. Large parts of the country are in lockdown, internal borders are closed, and families can’t travel to see loved ones.Read More

21Sep, 2021

Breaking the bamboo ceiling: Young Asian Australian women share their tips for success

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

While Asian Australians continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions, some young women have managed to break through the "bamboo ceiling". The ABC spoke to four finalists in the 2021 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians Awards — a nanotechnology engineer, a ballet dancer, a human rights lawyer and aRead More

21Sep, 2021

Australia installs first space laser optical ground station in southern hemisphere

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

Recently, my colleagues and I swung a half-tonne telescope onto the roof of the physics building at the University of Western Australia. For a tense moment, my career hung from a crane hook. The telescope is the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere and represents a new generationRead More

21Sep, 2021

Providers: Check your delivery locations in asqanet are up-to-date

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

Maintaining accurate and up-to-date provider information is a requirement for training providers. Accurate delivery location data is important to provide students with surety and understanding about how and where your courses can take place. The information you provide in asqanet will be reflected on training.gov.au. If you haven’t already doneRead More

21Sep, 2021

Student wellbeing and online learning: Tips for students

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

Due to the current outbreak of the COVID-19 strain of the coronavirus many higher education providers have switched to online delivery of all or many of their courses. Some providers have a lot of experience in online teaching while others are new to the experience. The same is true forRead More

21Sep, 2021

India, Australia concur that ‘Afghanistan must not become terror hub’

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

India and Australia on Saturday, September 11, 2021, and expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan and hoped that its territory would not be used for terrorists’ activities and doesn’t become a safe haven for terrorists. Speaking to the media after the first 2+2 dialogue between India’s external affairs ministerRead More

21Sep, 2021

India urges Australia to address students’ difficulties due to travel restrictions

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

India on Saturday urged Australia to sympathetically address as soon as possible the difficulties being faced by Indian students due to the travel restrictions put in place by that country in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue was taken up during deliberations when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar andRead More

21Sep, 2021

‘It’s so hard’: how the pandemic upended young people’s career paths

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

Remote learning and its detrimental effect on their study have forced many teenagers to rethink tertiary education. Morgan Vella and his friends used to hold high ambitions for what life would look like after graduating high school: leaving their regional Victorian town for university in the city, enjoying a worldRead More

21Sep, 2021

Internationals contribute £28.8bn to UK economy yearly

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

International students in the UK contribute £28.8 billion to the country’s coffers annually – an equivalent of every citizen being on average of £390 better off – new analysis has revealed. The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy report found that international students addRead More

21Sep, 2021

Canada: students worry about unaffordable course withdrawal

By: Sukh Sandhu
Categories: News, VET Industry News

International students enrolled at Canadian institutions have said they are unable to withdraw from their courses and get refunds due to college policies and visa processing delays. As part of applications for study visas, students using the fast-track study permit Student Direct Stream were required to pay for a fullRead More

VET Industry News

Category Archives

The impact of COVID-19 on higher education and Vocational Education and Training

Breaking the bamboo ceiling: Young Asian Australian women share their tips for success

Australia installs first space laser optical ground station in southern hemisphere

Providers: Check your delivery locations in asqanet are up-to-date

Student wellbeing and online learning: Tips for students

India, Australia concur that ‘Afghanistan must not become terror hub’

India urges Australia to address students’ difficulties due to travel restrictions

‘It’s so hard’: how the pandemic upended young people’s career paths

Internationals contribute £28.8bn to UK economy yearly

Canada: students worry about unaffordable course withdrawal

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