Community Colleges Australia (CCA) and Byron Community College have been highlighted in a national news story about regional and rural adult literacy. The story – which focusses on the challenge in reaching regional and rural people with low literacy, because of changes in television viewing – appeared in Brisbane’s Courier Mail as well as...
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CCA outlines an ambitious community colleges plan for the returning NSW Government
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has outlined an ambitious plan for the next term of the returning NSW Government. This plan supports the work of the state’s adult and community education providers and will ensure that the state’s education and training system achieves its full potential, especially for the most vulnerable and...
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NSW Election Update: Statements from Government and Opposition
With the NSW electorate going to the polls tomorrow, surveys show the NSW Government and the Labor Opposition locked in a 50-50 battle. In other words, it's "too close to call".
Additional major party statements on approaches to the state's not-for-profit community education providers are now available, courtesy of
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Helping young people succeed in education
Community Colleges Australia has given its support to the “It Takes a Village” campaign developed and run by the Community Council for Australia (“the other CCA”).
The campaign aims to encourage Australians to recognise that we all have a role to play in the education of our country’s young people.
We all want...
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Why has universal support for TAFE become a centrepiece of the NSW state election?
Community Colleges Australia CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, writes the following analysis of one aspect of the NSW state election:
Why has universal support for TAFE become a major feature of this week’s New South Wales state election?
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has reviewed and analysed the vocational education and training policies of all major political parties –...
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For-profit VET provider targeted 80% profit margin and $1.2 billion turnover
An Australian for-profit provider of vocational education and training (VET) targeted income of $100 million per month – $1.2 billion per year – and a profit margin of an outstanding 80%. This information was revealed last week in the public examinations in the Victorian Supreme Court into the collapse of Acquire...
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