In this podcast Campus Review talks to Wendy Blight, A VET trainer and workplace assessor at Charles Darwin University (CDU) in Alice Springs. She recently learned she is one of the Northern Territory's four finalists competing for the Trainer of ...

Vocational education and training (VET) providers have faced many of the same challenges as Australian universities, with COVID-19 international border closures and ‘stay at home’ orders responsible for plunging student numbers. Data provided by the National Centre for Vocational Education and ...

Aged care, disability and foundation skills Australian vocational education and training (VET) teachers need to receive priority status as Australia commences its vaccination roll-out next month. The success of our national economic recovery through skills and training may depend on it. The Australian Government ...

Charles Darwin University yesterday released a plan to balance its budget through $9 million in savings after six weeks of consultation with university staff, industry and the NT government. The university’s plan to unify Vocational Education and Training (VET) and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TAFE Queensland has reported that the sector has been inundated with support for international students doing it tough, establishing both a donation line and food banks at campuses. Such donations aim to alleviate the harmful financial impact COVID-19 has had on ...

Declining funding for TAFE was one of the key topics addressed during last weekend’s Australian Education Union’s (AEU) 2020 federal conference, held in Melbourne. Keynote speakers at the conference included AEU’s president Correna Haythorpe, Labor Leader Anthony Albanese and Shadow ...

The peak body representing the independent higher education and vocational sectors believes proposed legislative reforms to the way the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) operates doesn’t go far enough. Parliament is currently considering the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator ...