Beware the effects of 'credential inflation' This article was written by Tom Karmel and Bruce Mackenzie and was published in The Australian on 13 September 2023. Read More (PDF 152KB)
Credentials 'increasingly important' for any job This article by John Ross was published in the Times Higher Education on 30 August 2023. Read More (PDF 182KB)
Reimaging the Tertiary Education System Listen to leading experts, including Tom Karmel, discuss Reimaging the Tertiary Education System on the NCVER official podcast Vocational Voices, S8, Episode 2. July 2023 NCVER Reimaging the Tertiary Education System podcast
Case for Binary Tertiary System This article was published in The Australian on 7 June 2023 and proposes a review of the way we think about tertiary education. Tom Karmel, June 2023. Read More (PDF 124KB)
Productivity Commission misses opportunity to shake up VET This article was released in June 2021 in response to the Productivity Commission's Review of the National Agreement for Skills Workforce and Development. Read More
New head for Mackenzie Research Institute Victorian vocational sector pioneer Bruce Mackenzie is handing the reins of Mackenzie Research Institute (MRI) to Tom Karmel AM, who has been appointed Director of MRI from 1 March. Read More
Labour Review of VET puts vital changes in too hard basket This article was released in March 2021 in response to the Review into Vocational and Applied Learning Pathways in Senior Secondary Schooling by John Firth and the Skills for Victoria’s Growing Economy Review by Jenny Macklin. Read More
The pandemic, unemployment and a forgotten group of students This article was published in the Pearls and Irritations Public Policy online Journal on 7 October 2020 and the TAFE Directors Australia newsletter on 12 October 2020. Read More
Privatised VET, Coalition’s wage schemes no fix for Australia’s skills chasm This article was published in the Michael West Media online Journal on 14 October 2020. Read More
Hotel quarantine: poor quality training and another disaster This article was published in The Age on 22 July 2020. It raises issues about the variability in terms of the volume of learning associated with Certificate II qualifications. Read more
Prime Minister on VET. No industry policy sloganeering = no jobs This article was published in the Michael West online newspaper on 30 May 2020. Read More