Community Colleges

ACE Community Colleges wins award for Indigenous driver education program

ACE Community Colleges Indigenous Driver Education Program took first prize in the Caltex Road Safety Awards, which were announced on 17 March 2016 in Melbourne. The program is dedicated to helping Aboriginal people get a driving licence. Since it started in 2005 the program has...

March 21, 2016

VET FEE HELP in the news: WEA Hunter caught on the ‘wrong side’ of reforms

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following article appeared in The Australian on 16 March 2016 (www.theaustralian.com.au/...hunter.../cbcac7cf31d7962df7cadad4de594707) WEC Hunter College forced to abandon diplomas

THE AUSTRALIAN
MARCH 16, 2016 12:00AM

A NSW community college has been caught on the wrong side of reforms to rein in the snowballing VET FEE-HELP loans scheme, after a one-sledgehammer-fits-all policy response unleashed a litany of...

March 17, 2016

VET FEE HELP changes

Important reforms will be made to the Government’s VET FEE-HELP student loan program to prevent unscrupulous marketers targeting vulnerable Australians and exploiting taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham today announced a rolling campaign of legislative and other changes to deal with rogue training providers and...

March 11, 2016

Julie Owens, Member for Parramatta signs her speech in Auslan

Julie Owens, Member for Parramatta signs her speech in Auslan in Federal Parliament recognising National Week of Deaf People. Click through to the Facebook video Thanks to John O'Neil from The Deaf Society...

October 28, 2015

The Deaf Society of NSW hosts Disability Inclusion Action Plan meeting

The Deaf Society of NSW recently hosted some of their stakeholders to discuss the proposed Disability Inclusion Action Plan. To view the Facebook post and photo of the meeting click here Thanks to John O'Neill, Manager - Education and Training, for the update...

September 22, 2015

Advance Community College turns 35

Advance Community College turns 35!! The foundations of Advance Community College were laid in May 1980 when a group of concerned Mornington Peninsula residents had a public meeting to address the youth unemployment issue. From that meeting a working group was formed to investigate funding opportunities to support ‘at risk’ young people. It applied successfully to...

July 22, 2015

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