Monthly Archives: February 2020

The Novel coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) has continued to play havoc with many Australian tertiary education providers, arriving just prior to the commencement of the Australian academic year. Australia is expected to extend its China travel ban for another week amid ongoing fears over the spread of the coronavirus, locking out...

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will have a new governance structure that will replace its three commissioners with a single chief executive officer, as well as a new advisory council to help guide ASQA’s strategic direction. The National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Bill 2020, introduced into parliament last week,...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has released a Statement on sustainability and climate change, which outlines CCA’s role as a peak organisation and encourages its members to embrace environmentally sustainable strategies. The CCA Statement (PDF, 151kb) acknowledges that climate change is one of the Australia’s greatest environmental and social challenges, strongly supported by...

A senior Australian community college CEO has featured in an ASQA educational video explaining the audit process. Michelle Simpson (pictured below, in the video), CEO of Tamworth Community College and a Board Director of Community Colleges Australia (CCA), is one of four experts appearing in the Read more

It’s time to implement a national adult and community education (ACE) provider infrastructure program. The Novel coronavirus, record low interest rates and a per capita income recession have created “perfect conditions for a serious systemic injection of infrastructure funding,” said Peter Hartcher on ABC TV’s The Drum on 4 February. “Three years ago,...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, has been nominated for an award by Impact 25, an esteemed accolade that recognises the most influential people in the Australian social sector, as voted by their peers.

“I am most honoured to be nominated and would be honoured if you would vote for...