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Here’s more evidence that the marketisation of Australian vocational education and training (VET) is not working. Professor Leesa Wheelahan (University of Toronto) has published a short paper that concludes, “Successive government changes to marketise vocational education over the last 10 years have resulted in a collapse of publicly funded vocational education, the decimation of TAFE,...

Adult Learners Week is a UNESCO initiative coordinated in Australia by Adult Learning Australia, and funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. In 2018, Adult Learners’ Week runs from 1–8 September, the beginning of spring, and incorporates International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on September 8. Community Colleges Australia (CCA) is pleased...

The review of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 – also known as the Braithwaite Review after it’s reviewer, Professor Valerie Braithwaite – has been released. The final report, entitled All eyes on quality: Review of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 report and the Read more

The Commonwealth Government’s Skilling Australians Fund has been given a boost with a number of Australian states and territories now signed up, including South Australia, New South Wales and the ACT. States that sign on collect a per capita share of the $50...

Rodney Wangman, CEO of Albury Wodonga Community College, has received an OAM – Medal in the Order of Australia (General Division) – “for service to local government, and to the community of Albury Wodonga.” Rodney Wangman has been the CEO of Albury Wodonga Community College – which operates both in...

Community Colleges Australia has welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Halsey Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education (IRRRRE). Professor John Halsey conducted the review to examine the challenges faced by these students and find innovative solutions to help them succeed at school and beyond, and reported on 13 April 2018. Professor...