The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) new report Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on VET details numerous ways that the pandemic has affected VET providers, teaching and students.
The report quotes CCA’s research at length, and will also feature at CCA’s October Conference, during which
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NCVER report details significant impacts of COVID-19 on Australian VET
Inequality in Australia: What can Vocational Education and Training Do – presentation by CEO Dr Don Perlgut
Inequality of wealth and income. It’s blamed for everything from the election of Donald Trump to the passage of “Brexit” to the growth of political third parties in Australia.
It’s an enormous topic, fraught with challenges for governments. CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, will...
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CCA Foundation Skills Submission to Jobs and Skills Australia Highlights Value of Community Providers
A Community Colleges Australia (CCA) submission to Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) has highlighted the essential role not-for-profit adult and community education (ACE) providers play delivering “foundation skills” – language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills – to Australia’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations.
“The context for this discussion on foundation skills is huge, following the Commonwealth’s...
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Community Colleges Australia comment on Federal Labor 2023 Budget
CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, comments on the foundation skills announcements in tonight's Federal Budget:
“The Federal Labor Budget brings some good news for Australia’s struggling low literacy workers and learners, estimated at 20% of the adult Australian population and 40% of the adult...
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