Yearly Archives: 2021

SBS TV will premiere its new adult literacy television documentary series, Lost for Words, commencing Wednesday 22 September on SBS at 8.30pm, as well as on SBS On Demand. Lost for Words follows eight Australians taking on a life-changing opportunity to transform their lives in an intensive nine-week long adult literacy program. Hosted...

The Commonwealth Skills Minister has challenged the VET sector with a series hard questions, reports TAFE Directors Australia. The Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, Stuart Robert (pictured), “has delivered a blunt assessment of key elements of the VET sector, including apprenticeships and qualifications development” in his speech at the virtual...

Given the importance that vaccination now plays in Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on Australian adult and community education (ACE) providers, CCA has collated a selection of recent news and analysis on vaccination and COVID-19 impacts relevant for adult and community education providers, and the VET sector more broadly. Please Read more

The NSW Government has mandated vaccination for all primary and secondary school staff from 8 November and has identified a staggered return of students to face-to-face learning to begin on Monday 25 October. These announcements were made by the NSW Education Minister, Sarah Mitchell (pictured below, at the press conference), at the...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) representatives have appeared before the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives Committee on Employment Education Training Inquiry into “Adult Literacy and Its Importance”. Three representatives gave testimony on Thursday 19 August: Theresa Collignon, CCA Deputy Chair & CEO of Macquarie Community College; Kerry Johnson, CCA Board Director &...