Victorian Institute of Teaching: Complete Waste of Space

There is a government created organisation in the area of the world where I live called the Victorian Institute of Teaching.  This entire entry is merely an exercise in pointing out how entirely unnecessary and generally useless the group is, serving no useful service and instead only acting as a waste of resources for actual [...]

Rupert Murdoch: Self Serving and Ignorant on Education

Rupert Murdoch should be a reasonably easy to recognise name for most people.  He’s the owner the Fox Network and various other media outlets.  Recently, Murdoch has been giving a number of talks in the Boyer series of lectures in which he talks about the state of Australian Education.  Of course, while Murdoch may have [...]

Compulsory University Fees

A while back the John Howard led Federal Liberal Government did away with Cumpolsory Student Union fees right across all Australian Universities.  At the time, 80% of students surveyed said they disagreed with this decision and it was very unpopular both with University management and students alike.  Still, Howard did not listen and went ahead [...]