Monthly Archives: December 2017

So what’s wrong with Australian vocational education and training (VET)? That’s a reasonable question to ask, says Community Colleges Australia CEO, Dr Don Perlgut. The latest comparative figures of Australian education sectors are compared in a just-released report from the Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on Education and Training in Australia 2017 (December 2017). The...

The latest Australian economic performance indicators show that regional areas continue to lag behind the cities in wealth, gross domestic product (GDP) and educational services. These are the conclusions drawn from two recently released reports from SGS Economics and Planning and the Regional Australia Institute. “Australia needs a national regional and rural education policy that incorporates...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has welcomed four new Directors to its Board. New Directors elected at the recent Annual General Meeting include Jennifer Aldred, Senior Manager, Finance and Funded Programmes at Sydney Community College; Valerieanne Byrnes, CEO of Port Macquarie Community College; Ron Maxwell, CEO of VERTO (and previously CEO of Western College, Dubbo);...

Australian community vocational education and training (VET) providers excel at bringing their graduates into employment. That’s the key message arising from the report Government-funded Student Outcomes 2017, released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Australian community education providers have the highest increase of graduate employment, compared to graduates of TAFE and...