CCA has issued its first “Call for Papers” for the annual conference, to take place in Melbourne from 25-27 July 2017. We are looking for innovative presentations and ideas that will engage the conference attendees, who will come from all around Australia and overseas. While we are interested in presentations that deal with the conference...
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Report calls for increased investment in community education to tackle disadvantage and unemployment in rural Australia
Australian governments should increase investment in community education to address higher levels of disadvantage and unemployment in rural and regional Australia, according to a new report from Community Colleges Australia (CCA).
The report, The Role of Community Education in Australian Regional and Rural Economic Development, finds that not-for-profit community-based vocational education and training (VET) providers...
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CCA Adopts Code of Ethics for Members
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has adopted a Code of Ethics that affirms the professional and ethical standards expected of its members.
The Code of Ethics requires that all members of CCA act with integrity in all dealings with past, present and future students, clients, employers, community members, industry, government, funding bodies, regulatory...
Education features in duelling National Press Club addresses by Prime Minister and Opposition Leader
Issues of education featured highly in the duelling National Press Club speeches last week by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
While Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull focussed the majority of his speech on macro-economic matters (on Wednesday 1 February), he did say that, “Now there is no better way to provide Australians...
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