October 2011 2

Australia’s VET sector – success or mirage?

While Australia is better known in international education circles as a major player in the international HE market, it is less well-known in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. Locally, the government sector runs under the acronym of TAFE (Technical and Further Education) with private players operating as Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Traditionally dominated […]

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Pearson – fire staff, shift others and get a tax break!

A few months ago, as part of an outsourcing deal with IBM India, Pearson laid off staff from its Global Shared Operations and Corporate Finance Division in New Jersey. Bad news for the workers, but not unusual in the highly competitive global economy. The difference in this story is that a group of the workers […]

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