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CCA staff and Board delegates from ACE member organisations recently visited Canberra at the invitation of skillsone.com.au for the launch of National Skills Week.

The breakfast launch hosted participants from across the nation with the ACE, VET, RTO, Government and Private business sectors well represented.

The...

CCA CEO Russ Hawkins has been invited onto the NSW VET Review Stakeholder Reference Group by Dr Michele Bruniges AM who is chairing the NSW Government review. Russ worked closely with Dr  Bruniges when she was NSW DoE Director General as he did with review...

(In the following message, departing CEO, Dr Don Perlgut - pictured left, reflects on his time with Community Colleges Australia.) As I reflect on my seven and half years with CCA, I am thrilled to have had the chance to live my values by working on behalf of and for not-for-profit community-based adult and community education...

Dr Don Perlgut, CCA CEO, has published a paper entitled Australia Needs to Stop Using the Term “VET Market”. Read a summary below or download the full paper (PDF).

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Words matter, and the choice of the term “market” when referring to Australian vocational education and training (VET) is more than...