VET & TAFE
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Technology
The jobs gen AI will change the most
A new report has found that clerical and administrative workers, telemarketers, salespeople, receptionists and programmers are the most likely to…
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Top Stories
NSW to miss housing targets due to lack of builders
The plummeting number of apprentices and school-leavers studying trades will cripple the Minns government’s plans to build 75,000 homes a…
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Top Stories
65% increase in SA fee-free TAFE enrolments
South Australian applications to study fee-free TAFE in 2024 are up 65 per cent from two years ago, the first…
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Funding
Microcredential funding to quickly upskill students
Tertiary education institutions can now apply for government assistance to access 50 new micro-credential courses for their students from mid-2024…
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Analysis
HEDx Podcast: Will higher ed embrace learning technology? – Episode 90
Alessandro di Lullo (pictured below), co-founder of global EdTech investor Supercharger Ventures, joins Dr Nora Koslowski of MBS and Martin…
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Commentary
We don’t need to reinvent the wheel on HE policy
Australia isn’t alone in going through a landmark review of higher education, and rather than expecting all the answers to…
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International Education
Govt cracks down on ‘dodgy’ education agents
The federal government has announced major changes are underway to combat the rorting of international student visas and to better…
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News
Uni and VET courses key to employment: Labour market report breakdown
The latest quarterly Labour Market Update was released last Tuesday by Jobs and Skills Australia. In the year to May…
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Commentary
Australia needs a ‘knowledge economy’ fuelled by scientists and arts graduates: here’s why
The federal government has been asking for “bold ideas” to “reimagine” the future of Australian higher education for decades to…
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Top Stories
Over 214,000 students enrol in Fee-Free TAFE
Enrolments in the government-backed Fee-Free TAFE initiative exceeded 214,000 in the first six months, nearly 35,000 more than anticipated. The…
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News
RTO network gets $300m to support ADF technical trades skills
Thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will have greater access to technical trades training through a five-year $300m contract…
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Top Stories
Why we need personalised competency-based education in universities: opinion
The centuries-old learning approach that western higher education is defined by has measured progress, success and value of learning as…
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Commentary
Outreach program needed to re-engage disadvantaged learners impacted by COVID – opinion
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) is proposing a national outreach program to re-engage disadvantaged and vulnerable learners who have left training…
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Analysis
The skills we need for the future we want: Part 2 – opinion
This paper represents the second of a 2 part series designed to interpose a manufacturing workers’ union view into the…
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Top Stories
Will Omicron devastate Australian vocational education and training in 2022? Opinion
Now is the time to start planning for re-engagement of vulnerable and disadvantaged VET learners; both our economy and our…
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News
Albanese proposes new free TAFE policy for Australian students under a future Labor government
School leavers eyeing off a future in hospitality, child care or a trade could soon receive free training under a…
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Funding
Independent sector concerned Australia’s skills investment is not resulting in bang for buck
The Independent Tertiary Council Australia (ITECA) has raised concerns after a new report found declines in the number of students…
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Industry & Research
Keeping it local: $20m plan to bring a university to the outback town of Mount Isa
It’s a perennial problem facing thousands of school leavers: should I stay or should I go? While many teenagers cannot…
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Top Stories
Overcoming the challenges of a male-dominated trade to become a teacher to the industry’s next generation: opinion
I've found in locksmithing you have to navigate people and very different situations. It could be a domestic violence situation,…
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Commentary
The Industry View, part 4: improving training product development
In this fourth and final part of the series on industry’s view of training product design and development, we discuss…
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Commentary
The Industry View, part 1: skill standards – more than just a name
One of the first priorities for the new National Cabinet Reform Committee on Skills, being the old Skills Ministers forum,…
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Industry & Research
Federal government’s VET overhaul: the sector reacts
The Prime Minister has this week announced major reforms of Australia’s “clunky and unresponsive” vocational education and training system. In…
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Commentary
Australia’s tertiary education system: Repair to the past or rebuild for the future?
One of the learnings from the extraordinary public health, social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the depth and…
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Analysis
Indigenous gap closing thanks to VET
Indigenous youths are becoming more educated, and are thereby helping to Close the Gap, according to a new report from…
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News
VET training body delighted by Budget
Unlike other higher education divisions, the VET sector has largely embraced the 2017 Budget, which endows the sector with $1.56…
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