“We need greater connection between the university and VET sectors so students can move between the two seamlessly to gain the skills they need for the economy of tomorrow.” Victoria U VC Peter Dawkins says about a seminar on universities in the next decade, he hosts today

He’s well-placed to make the case; VU is one of the “full-service six,” universities with training divisions, – CQU, RMIT, Victoria U, Federation U, Swinburne U and Charles Darwin U.

As boundaries between HE and training become fluid these are going to be powerful policy players.  They combined to produce a paper in April on cross-sector pathways (CMM April 10).