Monthly Archives: July 2017

The education and training challenges and opportunities of young people feature highly at Community Colleges Australia’s annual conference in Melbourne, 25 to 27 July. “CCA has constructed a comprehensive program stream for those interested in building better opportunities and pathways for Australia’s young people,” said Dr Don Perlgut, CEO of Community Colleges Australia. “The conference recognises...

The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) and other organisations have welcomed the changes to funding for SA community organisations announced in late June. At this year’s SACOSS Post-Budget Breakfast, the South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis announced that State Government will now provide full indexation on not-for-profit funding contracts. From July 1, 2017, all...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) recognises that this week (July 2 to 9) is “NAIDOC Week” (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee). CCA recognises the important role that Indigenous Australians play in Australian life, and honours their elders, past, present and emerging. We thank the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inhabitants of...

The quality of the VET system is being put at risk by a myriad of short courses of varying lengths being offered by training providers, according to the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), the national VET regulator. ASQA has found that more than a quarter of some 11,000 courses advertised on websites had durations below the...