The number of students enrolled in government-funded vocational education and training (VET) courses has surpassed 1.26 million under a national push to address critical skill shortages, as the Coalition ramps up attacks on Labor’s enrolment levels and signature fee-free TAFE ­program. ...

More than 1,650 NSW women will benefit from state government initiatives to equip them with tailored skills and flexible working conditions to achieve gainful employment. The NSW Treasury has estimated an additional 300,000 workers will be needed to fill critical ...

Enrolments in the government-backed Fee-Free TAFE initiative exceeded 214,000 in the first six months, nearly 35,000 more than anticipated. The federal government announced a 12-month skills agreement providing $550.1m in 2023, including $493.3m for fee-free TAFE places, which state and ...

While failure to train may equate to training to fail, it is the implementation of organisational training where the true value and return on investment in skills development is achieved. In part 1 of this series – titled Training and ...

Many students aren’t getting opportunities to connect with industry, and government must make efforts to bring the worlds of education and work closer together, a thinktank has argued. In its report Connecting the worlds of learning and work, the Mitchell ...

This year's Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit, held at USYD, did not solely focus on education. Crucially, careers also got a look-in, as graduate jobs likely remain hard to come by. USYD's vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence AC directly tackled this ...

Industry bodies and TAFE have praised the results of last week’s Council of Australian Governments meeting, saying it is a good step towards solving the country’s skills shortage. “[The meeting] reached an important agreement that ramps up the effort in ...

There is room for public and private institutions in the sector, but to say no change is needed is wrong and risks us missing great opportunities, writes Rod Camm. I am watching with interest the current public debate on VET ...