Category Archives: News

CCA co-sponsors lunchtime US election seminar with WEA Sydney

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has co-organised a lunchtime seminar on the upcoming US election in the Sydney CBD with WEA Sydney. The session, entitled “America's Choice 2016: Who Will Win and Why”, features skilled political analyst Bruce Wolpe, speaking on Monday 10 October in the Sydney CBD. Bruce is a former...

September 19, 2016

Marc Andreessen’s Library: Books still have power

Books still have power. Did you know that the Silicon Valley venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz has a carefully curated library of 800 books in its waiting room? A lot of people do now, because of this article by Cade Metz in Wired magazine. Each of the books has been selected and...

September 18, 2016

International Education and VET FEE-HELP scandals main themes at ACPET conference

Opportunities to expand to international markets and the continuing saga of VET FEE-HELP scandals were two of the main themes arising from last month’s Hobart conference of the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), the national peak body that represents the private for-profit vocational education and...

September 13, 2016

VET is the “forgotten middle child of education” that needs attention

The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has called Australian vocational education and training (VET) the “forgotten middle child”, and has called for a new National Partnership on Skills Reform. Releasing CEDA’s latest research report VET: Securing Skills for Growth,...

September 6, 2016

CCA welcomes NSW Government’s commitment of funding to community education

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has warmly welcomed the recent announcement by the NSW Government that it will provide "$17.8 million to fund not-for-profit community education providers that help thousands of disadvantaged, regional and remote learners in NSW gain access to formal education and training." The announcement, by Minister for Regional Development, Skills and Small...

August 29, 2016

CCA Welcomes Minister Birmingham’s crackdown on dodgy VET FEE-HELP providers

CCA has welcomed the crackdown on dodgy VET FEE-HELP providers announced today by the Minister for Education and Training, Senator The Hon Simon Birmingham. Speaking at the opening of the ACPET Conference in Hobart today, Minister Birmingham gave a strong message that the Government will “restore confidence” in the...

August 25, 2016