A leading private provider talks about his concern about funds flowing to inappropriate providers In recent months Skills Victoria’s experimentation with market-based VET funding has been questioned in this column by tertiary education minister, Chris Evans, the National Party Minister ...
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One of the reasons for falling science enrolments seems to be the growing number of HSC subjects. Darragh O Keeffe talks to the Chief Scientist and other experts on the worrying trend. The long-running discussion about declining enrolments in science ...
More »Victoria TAFE ‘being harmed’
In a comprehensive policy briefing to the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), David Williams, executive director of the Victorian TAFE Association (VTA), pulled no punches when he told how the state’s vocational education change agenda was perceived ...
More »Victoria ‘on track’ with demand driven VET
To suggest Victoria is undercutting the role of TAFE is simplistic and not supported by enrolment data, writes Peter Hall. John Mitchell’s less than subtle criticism of Victoria’s training reforms (Campus Review Nov 29, TAFE is central to skilling Australia) ...
More »Political economist challenge to state VET system
There is a growing chorus of voices questioning the wisdom of the changes made to VET funding in Victoria, led by the minister for education in NSW, Adrian Piccoli (Campus Review, October 18) and the federal minister Chris Evans (Campus ...
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