Community Colleges

Community Colleges Australia welcomes NSW Government funding in 2017/18

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has warmly welcomed the NSW Government’s commitment to community college funding in 2017/18. NSW colleges received notifications earlier this week of four separate programs:

the Adult and Community Education (ACE) “Community Service Obligation (CSO) program, with a small increase in allocations from 2016/17;
a new “Tech Savvy for Small Business” program...

June 22, 2017

CCA supports a strong and empowered ACNC; Commissioner Pascoe to speak at Conference

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has provided its support for a strong and sustainable Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC). Earlier this month, CCA joined with 100 other organisations to sign an open letter to the Prime Minister – also delivered to the Treasurer, Assistant Minister Michael Sukkar, and Shadow Minister for Charities...

June 16, 2017

American Community Colleges Feature at CCA July Conference

Deep insights from the frontlines of American community colleges will feature at CCA’s Annual Conference – themed “Community Education: Investing in Our Future” – in Melbourne in July. Two American community college experts from Michigan will speak on regional economic development and American community colleges: Dr Roberta Teahen, Associate Provost & Director of the Doctorate...

June 7, 2017

Private For-Profit College Collapse Raises Questions About the Future of Commonwealth Government VET Funding

Last week, Careers Australia announced its closure in a late night text message to its 15,000 students and 1,000 staff. The reason for the collapse of this private for-profit vocational education and training (VET) company – one of the largest in Australia? It did not receive approval to become a VET Student Loans...

May 29, 2017

Community Education Student of the Year Awards announced

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has announced its first “Community Education Student of the Year Awards”, with the official ceremony at the CCA Conference “Gala Dinner” on the evening of Wednesday 26 July 2017 at the Windsor Hotel, Melbourne. CCA invites nominations of students who are Australian citizens or permanent residents who have recently undertaken...

May 23, 2017

Federal Labor Commits to Support of Not-For-Profit Community Education Providers

The Australian Federal Labor has committed its support to Australia’s not-for-profit community education sector. In a policy statement on 11 May 2017, following the Commonwealth Budget earlier that week, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Shadow Vocational Education Minister Kate Ellis, and Shadow Skills and Apprentices Minister Doug Cameron issued a response that...

May 18, 2017

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