Yearly Archives: 2022

The national Jobs and Skills Summit convened by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on 1 & 2 September, with government, employers, unions and community organisations, set “to agree on immediate actions to help build a stronger economy and a stronger Australia.” The intention was to “take forward initiatives to help build a bigger, better...

National Jobs and Skills Summit Briefing from Community Colleges Australia

Australia’s not-for-profit adult and community education (ACE) providers can and should play an important role in skilling Australia and will be an essential mechanism to assist government efforts to meet skills gaps – especially of disadvantaged learners – and to move to full employment. ( Read more

The number of Australian adult and community education (ACE) students have rebounded by 15.2%, according to data released by the NCVER today. ACE “Total VET” student numbers increased from 390,185 in 2020 to 449,500 in 2021. In 2021, 4.3 million students were enrolled in nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET), an increase of...