CCA has issued its first “Call for Papers” for the annual conference, to take place in Melbourne from 25-27 July 2017. We are looking for innovative presentations and ideas that will engage the conference attendees, who will come from all around Australia and overseas. While we are interested in presentations that deal with the conference...
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Report calls for increased investment in community education to tackle disadvantage and unemployment in rural Australia
Australian governments should increase investment in community education to address higher levels of disadvantage and unemployment in rural and regional Australia, according to a new report from Community Colleges Australia (CCA).
The report, The Role of Community Education in Australian Regional and Rural Economic Development, finds that not-for-profit community-based vocational education and training (VET) providers...
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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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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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