Rhetoric around youth unemployment must change, an expert has argued. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures rest youth unemployment at 12.44 per cent, although it declined in the last quarter. Debate on the issue has centred on the notion of a skills gap – education ...

The federal government has labelled a furore over a leaked Council of Australian Governments paper on a possible federal TAFE takeover a “beat-up” and “old news”. The leaked draft details a plan in which funding and loan schemes would become income contingent. ...

The private VET scandal shouldn’t turn students off taking school-based apprenticeships, Group Training Australia has said. Jim Barron, GTA chief executive, said these apprenticeships are a great way for school students to get a career kickstart. In these programs, students ...

Discussion about whether practical equine skills can be taught online highlights emerging concerns about the limitations of ‘external modes’ of training. A revolution is occurring in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. A sudden increase is underway in the ...

Canada’s applied research model generates innovations across a variety of sectors from smaller businesses and students at VET-type institutions. By Ruth Schubert Mark Hoddenbagh, executive director at Algonquin College, Ontario, says Canadian university students will work for money, marks and ...

For many Australians, their new year’s resolution is a career change, a new survey has shown. Get Qualified Australia (GQA),  a recognition of prior learning (RPL) specialist, recently interviewed 1000 Australians about what they want to do with their career. ...

Students and industry have been well served by competitive VET, and policy should focus on refining these reforms. By Rod Camm Last year was, to say the least, an interesting year for the VET sector. It kicked off with the ...

“It’s going to be fun.” That’s Box Hill Institute chief executive Norman Gray’s description of revitalising a mothballed Melbourne TAFE campus that’s set to reopen next month. Lilydale was shut down three years ago after the former Victorian government cut ...

Sydney TAFE has extended its partnership with Open Universities Australia to develop 12 new online VET courses. OUA will provide Sydney TAFE with aid in course learning design, content development, a learning management system and a customisable learning analytics dashboard. ...

Teachers and administrators at Sydney Navitas English colleges have taken industrial action as part of a long-running pay dispute. The Independent Education Union and Navitas have been in negotiation since February. The college has offered staff a 2 per cent ...