COAG
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Commentary
New thinking needed to help students navigate the future
I was delighted recently when, through Commonwealth Minister Dan Tehan, I was asked by COAG’s Education Council to chair a…
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Funding
An Overton window of Australia’s VET
A surge of reports on the future of Australia’s VET sector were published in the lead-up to the federal election,…
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News
Ditch NAPLAN for sample testing: Gonski Institute
Australia should scrap the current census approach of NAPLAN and replace it with sample testing of students, the Council of…
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Industry & Research
Members of AQF review panel announced
Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has named four of six members of an expert panel charged with reviewing…
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Coalition and Greens support TAFEs
Opposition is increasing in Federal Parliament to the government’s reforms to vocational education and training. Louis White reports. The Coalition…
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National charter to set TAFE direction
TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) has taken a bold step by launching a national charter for TAFEs as the basis for…
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TAFEs still vital: Evans
Tertiary education minister Senator Chris Evans has tried to provide reassurance amid speculation that the federal government’s commitment to the…
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Why shark nets are needed in every state
There are dangers in giving public funds to providers who lack experienced teachers, writes John Mitchell. COAG has signed the…
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Union asks Evans to clarify COAG funding deal
Proposed changes to vocational education funding could lock some potential students out of further education, says a national union for…
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How the government got agreement on VET
How come the federal government succeeded in getting all jurisdictions to adopt its VET reforms despite negative and bellicose initial…
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VET entitlement plan seems a gamble
The entry of “training entitlement” now agreed by COAG is the new wild card for Australia’s VET reform. The Commonwealth…
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Choosing where the VET billions go
It was fortuitous that while COAG was meeting to sign off on a new tranche of reforms for the tertiary…
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Industry, TAFE back COAG skills agreement
Industry bodies and TAFE have praised the results of last week’s Council of Australian Governments meeting, saying it is a…
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Quality teaching not markets ‘should be’ VET focus
Governments are sending unclear and contradictory messages to teachers, a leading researcher tells John Mitchell. COAG decisions on VET funding…
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UCIT or you won’t – COAG will tell
The ACT government has denied an accusation that it is using COAG as a smokescreen to abandon plans for a…
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Visions for VET
The COAG discussion of VET reform in April will implode, with most states rejecting Canberra’s attempt to control the VET…
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COAG uncertainty on skills reform
A federal government threat to redirect the $9 billion for national skills development away from state and territory coffers has…
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COAG must act over VET changes
With alarm bells ringing in Victoria, there must be an inquiry into the shift away from public to private providers,…
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COAG needs to rethink VET reforms
The Victorian government experimentation with VET funding is starting to unravel, with the latest revelation that one of its training…
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