About: Don Perlgut

Three national political leaders have praised Australia’s adult and community education (ACE) providers at last week’s Community Colleges Australia (CCA) Annual Conference. “CCA warmly welcomes the positive words and commitments that the Commonwealth Skills Minister, Labor Shadow Skills Minister and Victorian Skills Minister made to ACE providers,” said Dr Don Perlgut, CCA CEO. “It is...

Dr Don Perlgut, CEO of Community Colleges Australia (CCA), comments on the latest VET news in this article. The “long tail” of impact of the much discredited and severely abused Commonwealth Government vocational education and training (VET) loans scheme, VET FEE-HELP, continues. Last week’s article in the Fairfax press (“Former Sage students still...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has announced the finalists for the 2017 “Community Education Student of the Year”, as part of this year’s Annual Conference. The official Awards announcement will take place at the CCA Conference “Gala Dinner”, to be held on Wednesday 26 July 2017 at The Windsor Hotel, Melbourne. The Student of the...

Australia’s community education sector has continued to hold its own in providing vocational education and training (VET), despite a national decline government-funded VET activity. The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released the 2016 results of Government-funded VET students and courses. On two of the three measures from the NCVER Report, Australia’s community VET...

The education and training challenges and opportunities of young people feature highly at Community Colleges Australia’s annual conference in Melbourne, 25 to 27 July. “CCA has constructed a comprehensive program stream for those interested in building better opportunities and pathways for Australia’s young people,” said Dr Don Perlgut, CEO of Community Colleges Australia. “The conference recognises...