Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has provided a detailed submission in response to the Australian Government’s Redesigning VET FEE-HELP: Discussion Paper.
CCA has warmly welcomed the initiatives in the paper, strongly approving of the overall focus of the paper, as well as the large majority of recommendations and findings. The points in the CCA submission largely relate...
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Community Colleges Australia calls for a new Ministerial Statement on Adult Community Education
Community Colleges Australia – the peak national body that represents community-owned, not-for-profit education and training providers – has called on all the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments to update and reissue the Ministerial Statement on Adult Community Education (ACE).
The last “Ministerial Statement” was issued in December 2008 by the Ministerial Council...
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North Coast Community College announces partnership with community housing provider
North Coast Community College and North Coast Community Housing (NCCH) have developed a partnership agreement to offer NCCH tenants access to education and training opportunities on the north coast of New South Wales.
“Our mutual goal is to improve quality of life for local people through education and... CCA supports National Reconciliation Week
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) strongly supports National Reconciliation Week, a time of year that celebrates and builds on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
National Reconciliation Week bookends two significant milestones in Australia’s reconciliation journey.
May 27th marks the... National VET Leaders Speak at CCA Victorian Meeting
Two national vocational education and training (VET) leaders spoke at the most recent meeting of Victorian CEOs of Community Colleges Australia.
Professor Peter Noonan, Professor of Tertiary Education Policy, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University, spoke about his recent report, entitled VET Funding in Australia: background, trends and future directions. Professor Noonan has played...
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Putting ‘community’ back into Australian Vocational Education and Training
Dr Don Perlgut, CEO of Community Colleges Australia, has recently published an article entitled “Re-inserting ‘community’ into Australian Vocational Education and Training”, on Open Forum, and is now featured as their 'blog of the week'.
In this article, he discusses how vocational education and training (VET) has now entered the political debate in the upcoming July...
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