Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has provided its support for a strong and sustainable Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC).
Earlier this month, CCA joined with 100 other organisations to sign an open letter to the Prime Minister – also delivered to the Treasurer, Assistant Minister Michael Sukkar, and Shadow Minister for Charities...
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American Community Colleges Feature at CCA July Conference
Deep insights from the frontlines of American community colleges will feature at CCA’s Annual Conference – themed “Community Education: Investing in Our Future” – in Melbourne in July.
Two American community college experts from Michigan will speak on regional economic development and American community colleges: Dr Roberta Teahen, Associate Provost & Director of the Doctorate...
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Private For-Profit College Collapse Raises Questions About the Future of Commonwealth Government VET Funding
Last week, Careers Australia announced its closure in a late night text message to its 15,000 students and 1,000 staff. The reason for the collapse of this private for-profit vocational education and training (VET) company – one of the largest in Australia? It did not receive approval to become a VET Student Loans...
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Community Education Student of the Year Awards announced
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has announced its first “Community Education Student of the Year Awards”, with the official ceremony at the CCA Conference “Gala Dinner” on the evening of Wednesday 26 July 2017 at the Windsor Hotel, Melbourne.
CCA invites nominations of students who are Australian citizens or permanent residents who have recently undertaken...
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Federal Labor Commits to Support of Not-For-Profit Community Education Providers
The Australian Federal Labor has committed its support to Australia’s not-for-profit community education sector. In a policy statement on 11 May 2017, following the Commonwealth Budget earlier that week, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Shadow Vocational Education Minister Kate Ellis, and Shadow Skills and Apprentices Minister Doug Cameron issued a response that...
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Commonwealth Budget 2017: What does it mean for community VET providers?
(Written by Don Perlgut, CEO, Community Colleges Australia)
Last night’s Commonwealth Budget, brought down by Treasurer Scott Morrison, contains a few surprises and shows a marked turn to the centre of the political spectrum by the Turnbull Government. Of greatest importance to the VET sector is the new “Skilling Australians Fund” (see...
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