Posts tagged "tafe"

Much of the focus on the educational effect of the coronavirus is falling on schools and universities, but the vocational education and trai…

There have been a few changes to payroll tax across the country in 2018, we examine the current state of play, comparing conditions state-by-state.

Shirley Jackson, University of Melbourne

While there is little consensus about the “future of work”, one thing is certain – young p…

Thousands of Victorians will be trained for free under a Victorian budget initiative to fill widening skills shortages, in part created by the government’s election-year construction blitz.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is "unacceptable" that funds from the federal government's "Skilling Australians" fund are not flowing through to the states as planned after the $1.5 billion commitment to apprenticeships was outlined in the 2017 federal budget. 

For many SMEs, merely keeping up with the knowledge required to remain competitive is a full-time job – let alone training staff…

The chief executive of training organisation Republica Education says Australia needs to rethink how private colleges, TAFEs and universitie…

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Bill Shorten will put creating new jobs, sustaining existing ones, and training and retraini…

Australian employers and students will have time to consider the federal government’s proposed changes of funding to the VET sector this w…

It is refreshing, encouraging and even exciting to see the $1.1 billion package of innovation initiatives announced by the Turnbull governm…

Trouble in the VET sector

Stories about abuses in Australian vocational education and training (VET) continue to appear some six mont…

At least three out of four vocational training providers are giving students substandard training or assessments, according to the industry�…