Monthly Archives: March 2020

CCA member Macquarie Community College has celebrated Harmony Day. College CEO Theresa Collignon reports below (read her full report here):

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With the worries and concerns of the past weeks in our communities about the COVID-19 virus this year for Harmony Day, Macquarie Community College is taking the chance to deepen...

CCA's CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, has just published an article on LinkedIn, which is reproduced below: More than two million Australians may soon be out of work. Unemployment will soar to at least 15%, compared to the recent rate of 5.1%: “scenes reminiscent of the Great Depression.” Lengthy...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has joined the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and other national peak not-for-profit organisations to welcome the extension of the Government's small business cash flow support to not-for-profit, community services and charities in the second stimulus package announced today. A larger rescue package is needed, with community...

Access to TAFE facilities by NSW community colleges entered the news this week. The NSW Minister for Skills and Higher Education, Dr Geoff Lee stated support for NSW adult and community education providers (community colleges), as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 12 March when he said: "If a not-for-profit community...

CCA has proposed that for the foreseeable future, it will encourage its members to use the traditional Indian “namaste” greeting (see photo) as a replacement for the traditional business handshake. “We anticipate that Australia will soon enter a time of ‘social distancing’ in which we are encouraged not to be too close to other people, especially...

The NSW Government has announced a review of the state’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. Originally announced by the Premier on 25 February 2020 with an apparent focus on TAFE, the review’s Terms of Reference – announced on 4 March 2020 – have a more general focus....