Some important distinctions between 'education' and 'training'Readers will recall that immediately after the election the Commonwealth government department responsible for secondary and tertiary education was to be re-named the Department of Jobs, Skills and Workplace Relations. Consequent on some fuss in the university sector, the Prime Minister amended the title to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
The Commonwealth Education Minister has been reported as saying that she wants tertiary students 'to make decisions about where they want to study on the basis of robust information about the quality of education provided at each institution rather than on hearsay, inference from entry requirements or prestige'. I think that's a splendid idea. I am at a loss, therefore, to understand how she imagines she is furthering the cause by introducing a 'My University'…
