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Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor outlines priorities

The Commonwealth Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Brendan O'Connor MP (pictured) – who will provide a video message to CCA’s September Conference – has outlined his national skills priorities in the lead-up to National Jobs and Skills Summit. Training investment: “We should be investing in the...

DSO Plans to Achieve 1.2 million Australian Tech Workers by 2030

The Digital Skills Organisation (DSO) has released a report prepared with Tech Council of Australia (TCA) and Accenture which explains what it will take to meet the Australian Government’s goal to reach 1.2 million tech workers by 2030. The report, entitled Getting to 1.2 million: Our roadmap to create a thriving Australian tech...

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August 13, 2022

CCA releases Draft Sydney September Conference Program

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has released its Sydney Conference program, which features more than 40 speakers across a wide range of disciplines, on the theme of “Rebuilding Community”. Download a copy of the draft program here (PDF). CCA’s conference on 13-14 September – its first since Brisbane in...
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August 9, 2022

Meeting the needs of Australian young people: CCA Conference to highlight new education and employment policy and program solutions

Australian young people have fared poorly during the pandemic and will continue to do so. “Young people will struggle with the side effects of the COVID-19 recession on the jobs market for years despite the nation’s rapid fall in unemployment.” That’s the summary of new research by e61 which “found young workers...
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August 4, 2022

VET Development Centre – an outstanding VET support organisation – returns as CCA Conference Supporter

CCA is pleased to welcome the VET Development Centre (VDC) as a CCA Sydney Conference supporter. The VDC specialises in providing continuing professional learning for the VET workforce as well as strategic support services for all VET providers in Australia, not just in Victoria. The VDC has a diverse range of VET professional...
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July 20, 2022

Community Education Provider Government-funded VET student numbers rebound in 2021

Australian not-for-profit adult and community education (ACE) student numbers re-bounded in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest data sets from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER), Government-funded students and courses 2021 (issued 12 July 2022), show a significant re-bound in student numbers from 2020 (see table below), which...
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July 13, 2022

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Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor outlines priorities

DSO Plans to Achieve 1.2 million Australian Tech Workers by 2030

CCA releases Draft Sydney September Conference Program

Meeting the needs of Australian young people: CCA Conference to highlight new education and employment policy and program solutions

VET Development Centre – an outstanding VET support organisation – returns as CCA Conference Supporter

Community Education Provider Government-funded VET student numbers rebound in 2021

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