Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has extended its overseas networks in Malaysia and the USA.
In early January, CCA’s Chair, David Fuller (also CEO of WEA Illawarra), met with the Director General of Malaysia’s Department of Community College Education, YBhg. Dato' Amir Bin Noor, and a number of his senior directors at the Ministry of Education...
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What happened to community education in 2016?
We will have to wait until July to get the full picture of what happened to community-provided vocational education and training (VET) in Australia last year. However on the basis of recent trends, we fear that the community VET numbers dropped again in 2016.
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has analysed data from the National Centre for...
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Proof that a free-for-all Australian VET market is wrong
There are many lessons to be learned from this week's (20 December 2016) release of the Australian National Audit Office report Administration of the VET FEE-HELP Scheme, but here's the biggest takeaway:
A free-for-all Australian VET market is wrong. From the Report (paragraph 27):
"Course tuition fees increased from an average of $4,060...
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National Policy Direction on Vocational Education and Training Means that Community Education Loses Out
Australia's lack of a national VET policy means that community education will continue to lose out. The recent VET FEE-HELP reforms and replacement with VET Student Loans, while welcome, are not enough. Dr Don Perlgut, CEO of Community Colleges Australia, reports below.
“Contestability” in VET - A disaster for community education
History has not been kind to...
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Murwillumbah Community College wins at Access Awards
Murwillumbah Community College has won the overall honours prize and two of the category prizes at the fourth annual Tweed Shire Access and Inclusion Awards.
Out of 30+ organisations nominated last week at the Tweed Shire Community Awards, Murwillumbah Community College won the following:
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- the Faye Druett award for Advocacy
- the Community Award
- the Tweed Shire...
Community Education Providers Rate Highly in NCVER 2016 Student Outcomes Survey
Students who have studied VET courses with community education providers have rated their experience very highly, according to the latest data released from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER).
The NCVER Report, entitled Total VET Graduate Outcomes 2016, surveyed 4,049 community education students, and found:
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- Community education providers topped all categories...