Category Archives: 2021 ACE Summit

Aged care skills training – a defining election issue for Australia’s immediate future

In this opinion article, Dr Don Perlgut, CCA CEO, comments on how Australian adult and community education (ACE) providers can assist the country to meet future aged care workforce skills needs.

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In an election where policy differences between the two major parties often seem “shaded” rather than clear-cut colours, different approaches to aged care...

May 17, 2022

National ACE Summit Foundation Skills Resolutions Released

CCA has published the final foundation skills resolutions that were developed for the National ACE Summit held in late June. The resolutions have been sent to Ministers and Shadow Ministers of the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments. The resolutions read: “The Summit supports access to and provision...

August 23, 2021

National ACE Summit Emphasises Role of Australian and Community Education Providers

The Community Colleges Australia (CCA) National ACE Summit has underlined and reinforced the role of not-for-profit community education providers in meeting two crucial national skills goals – expanding the trained aged care workforce through new training, and broadening and deepening foundation skills – language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills.

June 30, 2021

CCA National ACE Summit: Spotlight on Aged Care Workforce Training

The CCA National ACE Summit on 29 June includes a major focus on how Australia’s not-for-profit adult and community education (ACE) sector contributes to the training of the aged care workforce. Emma Gleeson, Assistant Secretary, Aged Care Workforce Branch, Australian Government Department of Health (pictured), will deliver a keynote speech on “Support...

June 16, 2021

CCA National ACE Summit Focuses on Foundation Skills

The CCA National ACE Summit on 29 June includes a major focus on the role and contribution – both current and future – of how Australia’s not-for-profit adult and community education (ACE) sector can improve the nation’s foundation skills: language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) as well as digital literacy (DL) and...

June 15, 2021

National not-for-profit community leader David Crosbie to deliver keynote at CCA Summit

National not-for-profit and for-purpose community leader David Crosbie (pictured) will deliver a keynote address at CCA’s upcoming National Adult and Community Education (ACE) Summit on 29 June. As the CEO of Community Council for Australia, David Crosbie brings a deep and broad understanding of the role, functions and...

June 13, 2021