Monthly Archives: December 2022

The three CCA members which were heavily impacted by the February and March 2022 NSW north coast floods are now recovering from the experience. CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, visited the three affected members in mid-December – ACE Community Colleges (based in Lismore), Byron Community College (Mullumbimby and Byron Bay) and North Coast Community College (Alstonville). The...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has requested changes to the selection criteria and processes of the NSW Government’s Smart and Skilled program expression of interest (EOI), to ensure the state’s not-for-profit (NFP) adult and community (ACE) providers will not be disadvantaged. About Smart and Skilled: The NSW Government’s Smart and Skilled program provides...

Disadvantaged Australians have fared far worse than all others during COVID-19. A new report from the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) reinforces the tremendous challenges the pandemic has posed for disadvantaged and vulnerable Australians. Those findings have been reinforced in turn by two NCVER reports which show disadvantaged adult learners have left training in...