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CCA National ACE Summit – Registrations Now Open

Registrations are now open for CCA’s 2021 National ACE Summit – taking place in the morning of 29 June – which will run in a “hybrid” from Summit headquarters at the historic Mint on Sydney’s Macquarie Street, with a virtual platform that allows participation from all around the country. In-person registrations...

May 20, 2021

Australia’s ACE Sector Ready to Assist Growth in Aged Care Workforce

Australia’s adult and community education (ACE) providers are poised and ready to work with Commonwealth and state governments to help expand and train new workers.

Budget Aged Care Workforce Commitment

This week’s Commonwealth Budget promised a $652 million workforce strategy that includes upskilling of the existing workforce, and subsidised training for 33,800 new...

May 13, 2021

Commonwealth Government Commits to Foundation Skills in Budget

The Commonwealth Government has commenced with a major commitment to foundation skills – language, literacy, numeracy, digital and employability skills – as part of this year’s Budget. In a pre-Budget interview, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said, “We have initiatives to try to get some of the long term unemployed...

May 12, 2021

May 2021 Budget: the most important for ACE providers in years

This week’s Commonwealth Budget is the most important one for the Australian adult and community education (ACE) sector in many years.

The Federal Budget in 2021/22 and the ACE Sector

“Federal Government budgets don’t usually mean much for the operations of Australia’s not-for-profit ACE providers, even though they enroll almost half-million (almost 12%)...

May 12, 2021

Digital inclusion strategy necessary for Australia’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups

A digital inclusion strategy is necessary to achieve proper post-secondary education and training for Australia’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and groups. That is the conclusion of Community Colleges Australia (CCA) following initial analysis of data from its survey of members’ experience with online learning resulting from Coronavirus shutdowns and social distancing requirements. “Across CCA’s members, on...

May 8, 2021

Complement increased childcare subsidy with workforce changes

Increased childcare subsidy needs to be complemented by changes in the sector’s workforce practices to ensure highly skilled childhood educators are present. This week’s Commonwealth Government announcement about a major increase in childcare subsidy – from July 2022 – follows many months of discussion and an on-again off-again approach to fee-free child...

May 3, 2021