2019 Archive | Community Colleges

Listening to the “Other” – TAFE and for-profit peak organisations to speak at CCA Conference

CCA’s upcoming Brisbane conference in November will feature two unusual presentations, ensuring that not-for-profit community education participants have the opportunity to listen to the “other”. The national CEOs of the two largest peak VET organisations will both speak: Craig Robertson from TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) and Troy...

October 13, 2019

CCA Conference features Australian Honours Awards winners

The Community Colleges Australia (CCA) Brisbane conference in November will feature three recent recipients of the Order of Australia. In the last 18 months, three CCA member CEOs have received the Medal in the Order of Australia (General Division) for their work in community education and other community service: Rodney Wangman OAM,...

October 13, 2019

International community engagement specialist to speak at CCA annual conference

An international community engagement specialist will speak at CCA’s annual conference in November. Dr Wendy Sarkissian (pictured), who is based in Vancouver, Canada, will travel to Brisbane to speak at the conference on the topic of “The Fearless Community Engagement Practitioner”. Dr Sarkissian spent many years working in Australia, including running...

October 9, 2019

Canadian community college leader to speak on innovative education at CCA conference

A French-Canadian community college leader will give a keynote speech and workshop on how to encourage innovation in post-secondary education at CCA’s upcoming annual conference in Brisbane in November. André Gobeil (pictured), Director General of Cegep de Chicoutimi in Quebec Canada, has worked in the field of innovation for several years, facilitating events at...

October 1, 2019

NSW Parliament House launch highlights how community providers reach vulnerable and disadvantaged students

A launch of the latest Community Colleges Australia report shows how NSW community education providers significantly over-perform on almost all tracked measures in reaching vulnerable and disadvantaged students. The NSW Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, the Hon Dr Geoff Lee MP, launched the Community Colleges Australia (CCA) report (PDF), on government-funded...

September 26, 2019

Commonwealth Government announces VET Stakeholder Committee

The Commonwealth Government has established a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Stakeholder Committee to help drive its reform agenda. Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash (pictured), said the Committee will ensure that stakeholder views are understood, considered and included during the implementation of the Government’s...

September 26, 2019

Yearly Archives: 2019

Listening to the “Other” – TAFE and for-profit peak organisations to speak at CCA Conference

CCA Conference features Australian Honours Awards winners

International community engagement specialist to speak at CCA annual conference

Canadian community college leader to speak on innovative education at CCA conference

NSW Parliament House launch highlights how community providers reach vulnerable and disadvantaged students

Commonwealth Government announces VET Stakeholder Committee

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