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Swinburne campus closure hits staff, students
Victorian TAFE funding cuts have caused Swinburne University of Technology to shut its Lilydale campus. More than 1000 TAFE students…
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Some pathways quicker than others
The expansion of the tertiary education system is showing positive results for disadvantaged students but there is concern about the…
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TAFE protests continue as impact becomes clear
The National Tertiary Education Union’s campaign to stop massive budget cuts to TAFE institutes in Victoria will continue this week…
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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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Victorian TAFE workers protest cuts
TAFE staff across Victoria are staging a rolling series of protests against the Victorian government’s plan to slash nearly $300…
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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 regulator prepares to pounce
While controversies rage in Victoria about shonky providers, ASQA is closing in wherever it can. By John Mitchell. Just a…
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TAFE cuts hit Ballarat hard
Dual-sector University of Ballarat will terminate up to 60 TAFE courses and a large number of staff in the wake…
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Groups baulk at capping international students
A suggestion that capping the number of international students in Australia could improve educational quality is not winning support among…
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Social emphasis missing in TAFE plan
Institutes and colleges were set up to train people and fulfil community service obligations; unfortunately the latter is now disappearing.…
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Reports of TAFE demise exaggerated
Public providers have to concentrate on areas where they have a competitive advantage and make room for private operators, writes…
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TAFEs on a hiding to nothing
The removal of price controls on vocational education and training, such as in Victoria, has sparked a race to be…
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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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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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Keep VET firmly in sight
If the TAFE system tumbles they will not be putting it back together again writes Pat Forward. In recent weeks…
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Progress comes with some pain
With private providers in the firing line, ACPET chief executive Claire Field reflects on the council’s 20 years of leadership…
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TAFE union scaremongering, says Hall
Victoria’s Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall has accused a union of making misleading claims about job losses at…
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Detail on reform needed, say TAFE chiefs
A ministerial speech on the Gillard government plan for major skills reform lacks the detail the VET sector is seeking,…
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TAFEs power regional economies
Skills Victoria’s implementation of market-based VET funding has raised some fundamental issues for the sector. The implementation has prompted stakeholders…
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VET student entitlement schemes flawed
In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.…
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Perth TAFE’s YouTube video worth a million
It’s not for the faint-hearted, but there’s definitely a reason why a video advertising Perth’s Central Institute of Technology has…
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Vic public and private providers unite on stronger regulation
TAFE Victoria has joined forces with the peak body for private education providers in calling on the state government to…
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VET pushes for post-study work rights
Post-study work rights for international students at Australian universities must be extended to VET, say the sector’s peak bodies. The Australian…
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Deliver quality, or don’t take the money
A leading private provider talks about his concern about funds flowing to inappropriate providers In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation…
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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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