Monthly Archives: January 2018

Garry John Traynor, Founding Principal of Sydney Community College (SCC), has received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the General Division for “services to adult education”. Sydney Community College was previously known as Leichhardt-Marrickville Community College. Following Garry’s appointment as Principal in 1986, it became Sydney Community College under Garry’s leadership in...

Will the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) save Australian vocational education and training? Probably not, is the answer. That’s what we can glean from today’s Australian newspaper (John Ross, “Migration slump jeopardises funding for VET sector”), which reports that, “Government figures show that the number of primary skilled visas being issued fell by more...

Australia’s adult and community education organisations are well-positioned to expand their activities in social entrepreneurship. This will complement their historic community development role and delivering programs to meet local social and economic needs through training for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. This is one of the key findings arising from Community Colleges Australia’s (CCA) Read more

TAFE South Australia (SA) is facing a crisis after an ASQA audit resulted in a decision to suspend 10 qualifications from the scope of registration of TAFE SA from 23 January 2018. The Adelaide Advertiser (11 January 2018) reports that: “The crisis engulfing TAFE SA could affect hundreds more students and...