Monthly Archives: August 2020

A new report from PwC, entitled Where next for skills? How business-led upskilling can reboot Australia, takes a strong stand in favour of national action to close the digital divide. The report states the challenge: “Barriers of access, affordability, and digital ability confront many Australians who find themselves on the wrong side of...

We will not return to a pre-COVID-19 education world, concludes a major international survey undertaken by educational publisher Pearson. The report, entitled The Global Learner Survey (August 2020), surveyed 7000 people in 7 countries, including more than 1000 in Australia. Many of the findings have direct applicability for Australian skills, vocational education...

Australian not-for-profit community education student numbers continue to increase, according the latest data released from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). In the 2019 calendar year, community education providers enrolled 489,100 “total VET” students, 11.6% of the national total of 4.2 million, representing an increase of 1.6% (7,900) on the...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has announced the opening of nominations for the 2020 Community Education Student of the Year Awards.

Students eligible for the 2020 Awards are those who have undertaken formal study with an Australian not-for-profit community education organisation during the period 1 September 2019 through 31 August 2020, with nominations...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has adopted a new corporate logo (pictured). The logo is based on an abstraction of the acronym, “CCA”. Graphically, the circular shape is derived from the contours of the character “C” and the arrow from the “A”. The colour gradation metaphorically represents the journey of growth and empowerment through learning for Australia’s...

In the following opinion article, CCA’s CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, argues that recent statements from many of Australia’s national vocational education and training (VET) bodies do not recognise the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Australia’s national VET institutions need to pay proper attention to the needs of Indigenous Australians. The recent...