Yearly Archives: 2020

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has proposed that the NSW Government establish an “ACE Coronavirus Response Innovation Fund” that will help NSW adult and community education (ACE) providers skill and train people so they can get back to work when the COVID-19 crisis is all over. The targeted program outlines activities that CCA’s members can undertake right...

In the article below, CCA's CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, outlines a proposal for ABC TV to recommence broadcasts of the adult literacy TV series The Reading Writing Roadshow and the English language teaching series, English - have a go. These broadcasts will assist Australia's estimated 4 million adults who have literacy difficulties, as many of...

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...