The peak body for independent training and tertiary providers and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have helped introduce measures to protect the government’s new Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements scheme from rorting. Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) CEO Troy ...
More »Survey ‘vindicates’ need for TAFE funding increases but head of independent providers disagrees
A nationally representative sample of 1001 Australians aged 18 and over found that 94 per cent of respondents believed federal TAFE funding was important for the post-recession rebuild and recovery. The question put to online respondents was: how important is ...
More »Concerns grow that new wage subsidy scheme for apprentices and trainees could be rorted
Some of Australia’s vocational education and training providers are worried that the government’s new scheme to subsidise 100,000 trainees and apprentices is at risk of being rorted. The concerns relate to employers and training organisations potentially using the scheme to ...
More »VET: The great equaliser for African refugees
Vocational education qualifications provide a raft of opportunities for disadvantaged people such as refugees, who often experience disrupted educational experiences growing up. Such qualifications enhance job prospects and promote economic independence. However, according to Tebeje Molla, a research fellow at ...
More »Vic shutdowns may prevent 100,000 students from graduating this year and affect economic recovery
A concerning situation is quickly developing for more than 100,000 independent tertiary education students in Victoria due to the state’s COVID-19 shutdown. The fear is that many of these students will be unable to complete their studies this year and ...
More »ITECA CEO takes the gloss off new TAFE report
A new report has highlighted TAFE’s role in Australia’s economic success and warned that not investing in the sector will destroy our economy’s engines for prosperity, growth and equity. Authored by the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, the ...
More »AEU accuses productivity commission of putting profits above TAFE’s future
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has submitted its response to the latest Productivity Commission National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development Review Interim Report, providing a scathing review of the sector’s current situation. The union contends that the new national ...
More »Australian universities are in turmoil and that’s not good for VET: Opinion
Following new plans for “job ready” graduates released by the Commonwealth Government, Australian universities are in turmoil. This follows persistent opposition by the government to prevent universities from participating in JobKeeper. Commonwealth Government plans announced by Minister Dan Tehan will ...
More »Time for an integrated tertiary education system
A series of government reviews over the past year highlights why it’s no longer appropriate to look at tertiary education as a binary choice for students, presented as a choice between undertaking study in the higher education sector or the ...
More »JobKeeper great but needs an extension: ITECA
The peak body for independent education providers is calling for a limited extension to the JobKeeper scheme. The Independent Education Council Australia (ITECA) says extending the scheme beyond September “is particularly relevant to the English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas ...
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