A just-released report from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER), entitled VET Provider Market Structures: History, Growth and Change, provides up-to-date numbers on why community education still matters to Australian vocational education.
CCA summarises this report in our website “Comment” section, including three data tables.
During 2014, the community VET sector...
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CCA’s Innovation Contest – Entries now open
Community Colleges Australian (CCA) has announced the opening of entries for its first-ever Innovation Contest for the "best innovative community education project". The contest is taking place in conjunction with CCA's annual Conference, to be held in Sydney from 18 to 20 October 2016.
Prize-giving will take place at the Conference Gala Dinner on...
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The Importance of Membership in a Peak VET Industry Association
Active membership in a peak vocational education and training (VET) industry association has been made a requirement by the NSW Government in order to participate in its Smart and Skilled program. Industry association membership is essential in order to “meet industry accountabilities for quality and responsiveness to student needs.”
“As the peak national body representing community-owned...
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CCA CEO quoted in The Australian newspaper on the introduction of “Smart and Skilled” in NSW
The CCA CEO has been quoted in The Australian newspaper on 22 October 2014, about the the New South Wales Government’s introduction of the new vocational education and training (VET) scheme, known as “Smart and Skilled”.
The paper quoted CCA CEO Kate Davidson, as saying that some CCA members:
“had been offered as little as one percent...
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