Week commencing Monday, 22 December 2008

Well-kept secrets and a few surprises

Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley runs a watertight ship. The report from her higher education review has been arguably the most eagerly anticipated document to swamp the sector in two decades. But Bradley's leak-proof outfit ensured that the speculation remained just that - speculation. The details stayed under covers right until D day. A major... more »

It’s not just a matter of entitlement

Student demand-driven funding is emerging as the most contentious of Denise Bradley's broad reform proposals, with some commentators claiming the... more »

VET takeover proposal applauded

A nationally run vocational education and training system - widely considered as desirable, but politically unfeasible - is now on the cards, with... more »

It’s about mass and volume and doing it better

If there is one overarching theme of the Bradley review, it is more students in a higher quality system. These policy objectives have their tentacles... more »

Life after Bradley

The Bradley report is politically astute and enters the policy mainstream. Its main concerns about participation rates, social equity and VET reform... more »